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Freshman

//ˈfɹɛʃmən// noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college) wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    a person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body Canada, Philippines, US

    "At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical."

  2. 2
    a first-year undergraduate wordnet
  3. 3
    a novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge obsolete

    "I am but a Freshman yet in France, therefore I can send you no News but that all is here quiet, and 'tis no ordinary News that the French should be quiet."

  4. 4
    any new participant in some activity wordnet

Etymology

From fresh + man.

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