śrāmanera, 室羅摩拏洛迦; 室末那伊洛迦; 室羅摩尼羅 The male religious novice, who has taken vows to obey the ten commandments. The term is explained by 息惡行慈 one who ceases from evil and does works of mercy, or lives altruistically; 勤策男 a zealous man; 求寂 one who seeks rest; 求涅槃寂 one who seeks the peace of nirvāṇa. Three kinds are recognized according to age, i. e. 7 to 13 years old, old enough to 驅鳥 'drive away crows'; 14 to 19, called 應法 able to respond to or follow the doctrine; 20 to 70.

A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous

śrāmaṇera

(Sanskrit; Pāli, sāmaṇera). A novice monk, someone who has taken pravrajyā, or lower ordination, but not upasaṃpadā, or higher ordination. Because the Prātimokṣa rules do not apply to them, they do not take part in the recital of the Prātimokṣa on Poṣadha (Pāli, uposatha) days. A female novice is known as a śrāmaṇerī (Pāli, sāmaṇerī).

A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 2003, 2004 (which is available in electronic version from answer.com)

A male novice member of the Saṅgha who has not yet received the Higher Ordination

Sarvastivada Abhidharma, Sanskrit-English Glossary, by Bhikkhu KL Dhammajoti