First-year

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of first year. alt-of, alternative

    "“For being a first year coach he was really good,” said runner Thomas S. Varner referring to Houseknecht. “We learned a lot for a bunch of first-years.”"

Adjective
  1. 1
    used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college) wordnet

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freshman

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"These figures indicate three in five college first-year students are indifferent to politics."

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