Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Greenhorn |
GreenhornNoun1. An awkward and inexperienced youth. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "greenhorn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Greenhorn (A). A simpleton, a youngster. French, Cornichon (a cornicle or little horn), also a simpleton, a calf. "Panurge le veau cocquart, cornichon, escorne ...viens ici nous ayder, grand veau plourart," etc." - Rabelais, book iv. chap. xxi. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | GREENHORN. A novice on the town, an undebauched young fellow, just initiated into the society of bucks and bloods. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Greenhorn is a town located in Plumas County, California. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 146.Geography
Greenhorn is located at 39°54'21" North, 120°44'55" West (39.905794, -120.748665)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 17.4 km² (6.7 mi²). 17.4 km² (6.7 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 146 people, 64 households, and 40 families residing in the town. The population density is 8.4/km² (21.7/mi²). There are 84 housing units at an average density of 4.8/km² (12.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 94.52% White, 0.00% African American, 0.68% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 4.79% from two or more races. 4.79% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 64 households out of which 25.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% are married couples living together, 1.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% are non-families. 29.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.28 and the average family size is 2.85. In the town the population is spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 43 years. For every 100 females there are 114.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 124.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $51,513, and the median income for a family is $51,053. Males have a median income of $36,250 versus $14,625 for females. The per capita income for the town is $21,525. 0.0% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Greenhorn, California."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Greenhorn is a location located in Oregon. As of the 2000 census, the location had a total population of 0.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the location has a total area of 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are no people living in the locationSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Greenhorn, Oregon."
Synonyms: GreenhornSynonyms: cub (n), rookie (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bungler | Amateur, novice, greenhorn (learner). |
Dupe | Noun: dupe, gull, gudgeon, gobemouche, cull, cully, victim, pigeon, April fool; jay, sucker; laughingstock; Cyclops, simple Simon, flat; greenhorn; fool; puppet, cat's paw. |
Fool | Greenhorn; (dupe); dunce; (ignoramus); lubber; (bungler); madman. |
Ignoramus | Greenhorn, amateur; (dupe); novice, tyro; (learner); numskull. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Greenhorn |
| Specialty definitions using "greenhorn": Bejan ♦ Rick Mould ♦ Shoe the Wild Colt. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Greenhorn (1925) Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916) Greenhorn (1996) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
1. Greenhorn, OR (city, FIPS 31050) |
Expression using "greenhorn": greenhorn learner. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
greenhorn | 14 |
creek greenhorn | 13 |
greenhorn creek resort | 6 |
campground greenhorn | 6 |
greenhorn creek guest ranch | 6 |
creek golf greenhorn | 4 |
course creek golf greenhorn | 4 |
greenhorn omara | 4 |
greenhorn mountain | 3 |
greenhorn lake rollins | 3 |
golf greenhorn | 3 |
greenhorn mara o | 2 |
greenhorn ranch | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "greenhorn"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | njeri pa përvojë, leshko (coot, dodo, dupe, gander, goon, goose, greener, gudgeon, gullibility, gullible, innocent, loon, lummox, mooncalf, muggins, mutt, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull, sap, sap-head, Sawney, simp, simpleton, tom-noddy). (various references) | |
Arabic | القليل الخبرة (beginner, immaturity), الغر (fledgeling, gosling, naivete). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | глупак (bird brained, blinker, boeotian, bonehead, boob, booby, calf, chuckle-head, clod, clot, coot, dodo, dotterel, driveler, dummy, fathead, flat, fool, gaby, gawk, goof, goon, gowk, gull, hammerhead, jackass, jobbernowl, lack-brain, lame brain, leather-head, lunkhead, muggins, mutt, mutton head, ninny, nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull, nutter, oaf, pudding-head, pumpkin-head, sap, sap-head, schmo, schnook, sheep's head, silly, simp, simple, simpleton, spoon, stupe, stupid, thickhead, tomfool, twit, witling, wittol, zany, zombie), наивник (jay, patsy, rube, silly, sitter). (various references) | |
Czech | nováèek (fledgeling, fledgling, new boy, newcomer, novice, recruit, tenderfoot, tiro, tyro). (various references) | |
Farsi | مبتدی (Beginner, Neophyte, Novice, Tyro, Youngling), نوچه (Neophyte, Novice, Protege, Tyro), ادم تازه کار, ادم خام یاناشی . (various references) | |
French | jeunot, inexpérimenté (green), blanc-bec. (various references) | |
German | neuling (beginner, catechumen, neophyte, new face, newcomer, novice, novitiate, rookie, tyro), grünschnabel (an unfledged youth, rookie, sapling, whippersnapper). (various references) | |
Greek | νεοφερμένοσ (new comer, tender foot), άπειροσ (callow, green, inexperienced, inexpert, infinite, innumerable, tenderfoot, unpracticed, unpractised, unskilled, unversed, verdant), ατζαμήσ (bungler, clumsy). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתחיל (beginner, novice, tyro), טירון (callow, neophyte, novice, tyro, youngster). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zöldfülû (callow, coltish, tenderfoot, verdant, youngling), zöldfülű (colt, fledgeling, fledgling, green, punk, raw, verdant), tapasztalatlan kezdõ. (various references) | |
Indonesian | orang yang belum berpengalaman. (various references) | |
Italian | semplicione (juggins, noodle, simple minded), sbarbatello (novice, yob), pivello, novellino (abecedarian, beginner, fresh, freshly, green, inexperienced, recruit, young, youthfully), avannotto (Fry). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 若 (youngster), 若 (youngster), '二才 (greenyouth, novice), 竪子 (stripling), 乳臭児 (fledgling), へばり付く (bungler, clumsy, drunk, poor hand, to be exhausted, to be worn out, to cling to, untrustworthy). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | にゅうしゅうじ (fledgling), あおにさい (greenyouth, novice), わかぞう (neophyte, youngster), じゅし (lad, resin, rosin, sprout, stripling), へぼ (bungler, clumsy, poor hand). (various references) | |
Manx | noanagh (fledgling, new-fangled, rookie, unfledged). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eenhorngray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | simplrio (gudgeon, gull, innocent), novato (beginner, colt, fox, fresher, freshman, green, greener, initiate, intrant, new, novice, stranger, sucking, tiro), indivduo inexperiente (greener, griffin). (various references) | |
Romanian | novice (apprentice, beginner, callow, colt, cub, entrant, fledgeling, innocent, intrant, neophyte, new, novice, probationer, recruit, tenderfoot, tiro, tyro, untried), mucos (in short pants, mucous, snotty, stripling, unfledged), ageamiu (duffer, lamb, no-account, tenderfoot, tyro), adolescent (adolescent, juvenile, stripling, teen-ager, teens, youngster, youth). (various references) | |
Russian | новичок (apprentice, aprentice, beginner, catechumen, colt, cub, first-timer, fresher, green hand, greener, mug, newcom, newcomer, new-comer, novice, recruit, rookie, tenderfeet, tenderfoot, tiro, tyro). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | žutokljunac (cub, fledgling). (various references) | |
Spanish | pipiolo, novato de otro país (cub, fledgeling, fledgling), mozalbete, de bisoño, bisoño (rookie, untried). (various references) | |
Swedish | gröngöling (cub, green woodpecker, jackaroo, yaffle). (various references) | |
Turkish | toy (beardless, callow, chicken, colt, dewy-eyed, green, inapt, inexperienced, naïve, punk, raw, runnynose, tenderfoot, unworldly, verdant), saf (absolute, all, artless, candid, clean, clear, country bumpkin, credulous, deceivable, dewy-eyed, distilled, dupe, elemental, elementary, entire, facile, fine, genuine, gudgeon, guileless, gull, gullible, harmless, homespun, honest, immaculate, ingenuous, innocent, juggins, mere, naïve, pigeon, pristine, pure, pure-minded, rank, raw, real, refined, simple, simple minded, simple simon, simple-hearted, sterling, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblended, uncontaminated, undiluted, unmixed, unsophisticated, unsuspicious, untutored, unworldly, witless), ahmak (addled, ass, blockhead, boob, bumpkin, cabbagehead, chucklehead, chumpish, clot, country bumpkin, crass, cretin, deadly dull, dimwitted, dolt, doltish, dreary, dullish, dumb bell, dunderhead, dunderheaded, fathead, fool, foolish, gander, gawk, gawky, goat, goof, goose, Gubbins, half wit, half-witted, hayseed, idiot, jackass, jerk, josser, kookaburra, light in the head, loon, lummox, lump, muggins, mutt, mutton head, noddy, numskull, prune, pudding-head, sap, saphead, sappy, schlepper, simp, soft, stupid, twerp), acemi (apprentice, beginner, bungler, callow, catechumen, clumsy, colt, cub, dabster, green, guiltless, half-baked, inept, inexperienced, inexperienced hand, inexpert, jackaroo, johnny-come-lately, learner, neophyte, new, novice, Prentice, punk, raw, recruit, runnynose, simple, stooge, strange, stranger, sucking, tenderfoot, tiro, trainee, tyro, unbaked, unfledged, unseasoned, unskilled, untrained, unversed, young, young in one's job). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | новак (beginner, colt, neophyte, novice), молокосос (pup, puppy, sapling, whipper-snapper). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người mới v o nghề (beginner, freshman), người khờ dại (babe, blunderhead, boob, fool, gaby, goosey, half-wit, imbecile, juggins, nincompoop, rattle-brain, scapegrace, sheep's-head, silly, spooney, spoony), người chưa có kinh nghiệm người ngu ngốc, lính mới (infant, jonny raw). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "greenhorn": greenhorns. (additional references) | |
| |
"Greenhorn" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Greenhurn, greenore, reohorn. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-h-n-n-o-r-r" | |
-3 letters: gorhen, hereon. | |
-4 letters: genre, genro, goner, green, heron, honer, roger. | |
-5 letters: eger, ergo, erne, gene, ghee, goer, gone, gore, gree, here, hern, hero, hoer, hone, hong, horn, nene, neon, none, ogee, ogre. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-h-n-n-o-r-r" | |
+1 letter: greenhorns. | |
+2 letters: herringbone. | |
+3 letters: herringboned, herringbones, reenthroning. | |
+5 letters: foreshortening. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Cities 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
