THESAURUS
raw recruit
abecedarian, alphabetarian, apprentice, articled clerk, baby, beginner, boot, catechumen, conscript, deb, debutant, draft, drafted man, draftee, enlistee, enrollee, entrant, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, greeny, ignoramus, inductee, infant, initiate, learner, levy, neophyte, nestling, new boy, newcomer, novice, novitiate, postulant, probationer, probationist, recruit, rookie, selectee, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro
ROGET THESAURUS
raw recruit
Learner
N
learner, scholar, student, pupil, apprentice, prentice, journeyman, articled clerk, beginner, tyro, amateur, rank amateur, abecedarian, alphabetarian, alumnus, eleve, recruit,
raw recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor, catechumen, probationer, seminarian, chela, fellow-commoner, debutant, intern, resident, schoolboy, fresh, freshman, frosh, junior soph, junior, senior soph, senior, sophister, sophomore, questionist, undergraduate, graduate student, law student, medical student, pre-med, post-doctoral student, post-doc, matriculated student, part-time student, night student, auditor, class, grade, seminar, form, remove, pupilage, disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte, fellow-student, condisciple, school, in statu pupillari, in leading strings, practise makes perfect.