neophyte in Portuguese

neophyte in Portuguese

What does "neophyte" mean?

1. noun Someone who has just started learning a subject or skill.
   "The purpose of sharing these accounts – particularly during Women’s History Month – is to show that women, like men, can grow from bumbling neophytes to competent leaders."
2. noun A person who has recently joined a religious group or order.
3. noun Someone recently baptised into the Christian church after converting from another faith, a term used by the earliest Christians and still by Catholics today.
4. noun A plant that has only recently appeared in a region, unlike one established there long before.

neophyte in a sentence

• The purpose of sharing these accounts – particularly during Women’s History Month – is to show that women, like men, can grow from bumbling neophytes to competent leaders.
• The big story on Tuesday night was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – the 28-year-old political neophyte who pulled off the upset of the 2018 election in New York’s 14th district.

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