FRESHMAN

freshman, first-year

(adjective) used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college); “a freshman senator”; “freshman year in high school or college”

freshman, fresher

(noun) a first-year undergraduate

newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant

(noun) any new participant in some activity

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

freshman (plural freshmen)

(obsolete) A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.

(US) A person of either sex entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade), a university, or legislative body.

Synonyms

• (British) fresher

• (Canadian) grade nine student / grade 9 student / Grade 9 student / grade-niner / grade niner

• (Canadian) first-year student / first year student / first-year university student / first year university student

• (US) frosh

Anagrams

• Fehrmans

Source: Wiktionary

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Fresh"man, n.; pl. Freshmen (.

Definition: novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his fist year in a college or university. He drank his glass and cracked his joke, And freshmen wondered as he spoke. Goldsmith. Freshman class, the lowest of the four classes in an American college. [ U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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