learner's permit

1. 1.

   a document authorizing the bearer to learn to drive an automobile

   Broaderlicense

Questions about learner's permit

What does learner's permit mean?

learner's permit means "a document authorizing the bearer to learn to drive an automobile".

Is learner's permit a common word?

learner's permit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.