beginner

noun

1. a person or thing that begins.
2. a person who has begun a course of instruction or is learning the fundamentals: swimming for beginners.
3. a person who is inexperienced; novice.

noun

1. a person who has just started to do or learn something; novice

n.

early 14c., “founder,” agent noun from begin. Meaning “novice” is from late 15c. Beginner’s luck is from 1897.