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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishbegynner, equivalent tobegin +‎-er. Cognate withWest Frisianbegjinner(“beginner”),Dutchbeginner(“beginner”),Low Germanbegünner(“beginner”),Danishnybegynder(“beginner, novice”, literally“new-beginner”).

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Noun

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beginner (pluralbeginners)

  1. Someone who is juststarting at something, or has only recently started.
    I'm new to learning Finnish: I'm just abeginner.
  2. Someone who sets something in motion.
    Thebeginner of the games lit the ceremonial torch.
  3. (theater) Anactor who is present onstage in the first moments of aplay.
    • 1949, Walter Macqueen-Pope,Gaiety: Theatre of Enchantment, page60:
      On the stage, thebeginners for the first piece had taken their places — the chorus were there, scared but determined, and in the wings waited Harlequin, in the person of Charles Lyall[…]

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Translations

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someone who just recently started—see alsoin the making,‎fledgling
someone who sets something in motion
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Dutch

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Etymology

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Frombeginnen +‎-er.

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Noun

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beginner m (pluralbeginners,diminutivebeginnertje n)

  1. someone who is just starting something, or has only recently started (similar to English)
    Hij kan goed schaken voor eenbeginner. ―He plays chess well for abeginner.

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