Associations to the word «Tenderfoot»

Wiktionary

TENDERFOOT, noun. An inexperienced person; a novice
TENDERFOOT, noun. A newcomer to the region in the old U.S. frontier days.
TENDERFOOT, noun. A Boy Scout of the lowest rank.

Dictionary definition

TENDERFOOT, noun. An inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats