"tenderfoot" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tenderfeet [plural], tenderfoots [plural]
Etymology: tender + foot. Refers to the delicate feet of newcomers to ranching or mining areas. First attested 1866. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tender|foot}} tender + foot Head templates: {{en-noun|tenderfeet|s}} tenderfoot (plural tenderfeet or tenderfoots)
  1. (chiefly Canada, US) An inexperienced person; a novice. Tags: Canada, US Synonyms: beginner, newcomer Translations (newcomer in the old US frontier days): arkajalka (Finnish) Translations (novice): новобранец (novobranec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vasta-alkaja (Finnish), noviisi (Finnish), mopo (Finnish), keltanokka (Finnish), pied-tendre [masculine] (French), blanc-bec [masculine] (French), novizio (Italian)
    Sense id: en-tenderfoot-en-noun-wms4J6gH Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Disambiguation of 'newcomer in the old US frontier days': 60 33 8 Disambiguation of 'novice': 82 8 10
  2. (historical) A newcomer or arriviste to the region in the American frontier (Old West and Wild West). Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-tenderfoot-en-noun-Vnyz6ipp Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 30 58 11 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 77 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 84 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 72 6
  3. (dated) A Boy Scout of the lowest rank. Tags: dated Categories (topical): People, Scouting Translations (lowest rank of Boy Scout): kolkkapoika (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-tenderfoot-en-noun-808q8V-K Disambiguation of People: 27 21 52 Disambiguation of Scouting: 10 38 52 Disambiguation of 'lowest rank of Boy Scout': 7 6 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cheechako, greenhorn, newbie

Inflected forms

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