Definition of novice

• n. - One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.
• n. - One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.
• n. - One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.
• a. - Like a novice; becoming a novice.