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A person of either sex entering the first year of an institution, especially a university or legislative body.
At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.
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freshman — [fresh′mən] n. pl. freshmen [fresh′mən] [ FRESH1 + MAN] 1. a beginner; novice 2. a student in the first year of college or the ninth grade in high school ☆ 3. a person in the first year, term, etc. of some enterprise [a freshman in Congress] … English World dictionary
Freshman — Fresh man, n.; pl. {Freshmen}. A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his first year in a high school, college, or university. Syn: frosh. [1913 Webster] He drank his glass and cracked his joke, And freshmen… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Freshman — ist die Bezeichnung für: Studenten des ersten Jahres (also 1. und 2. Semesters) an einem US amerikanischen College. Schüler der 9. Klasse in den USA, also der ersten Klasse an einer High School. eine 1989 gedrehte Filmkomödie mit Matthew… … Deutsch Wikipedia
freshman — index amateur, neophyte, novice Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
freshman — mid 16c., newcomer, novice, from FRESH (Cf. fresh) (1) + MAN (Cf. man) (n.). Sense of university student in first year is attested from 1590s. Related: Freshmen … Etymology dictionary
freshman — [n] first year student beginner, frosh*, greenhorn, novice, rookie, underclassman, undergrad*, undergraduate; concept 348 … New thesaurus
freshman — ► NOUN ▪ a first year student at university or (N. Amer. ) at high school … English terms dictionary
freshman 15 — n. The number of pounds that many students gain in their first year of college; the often observed phenomenon of weight gain among first year college students. Also: Freshman 15, Freshman Fifteen. Example Citations: Yolanda Davis heard about the… … New words
freshman — freshmanship, n. /fresh meuhn/, n., pl. freshmen, adj. n. 1. a student in the first year of the course at a university, college, or high school. 2. a novice; beginner. adj. 3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a freshman: to outgrow one s… … Universalium
Freshman — A freshman, fresher, fish, or frosh is a first year student in an educational institution. The term first year can also be used as a noun, to describe the students themselves (e.x. They are first years ).United StatesIn recent years, first year… … Wikipedia
freshman — noun Freshman is used before these nouns: ↑Congressman, Congresswoman, ↑enrolment, ↑seminar, ↑year Freshman is used after these nouns: ↑college, ↑high school … Collocations dictionary
