Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TY'RO, n. [L. tiro; Sp. tiron, from tirar, to draw, tug, pull; Port. tirar; Fr. tirer. Hence L. tirocinium.]

1. A beginner in learning; a noviciate; one who tugs in the rudiments of any branch of study. Hence
2. A person imperfectly acquainted with a subject.