Meaning of FRESHMAN
| Pronunciation: | | 'freshmun
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- [n] a first-year undergraduate
- [n] any new participant in some activity
- [adj] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | entrant, first, first-year, fledgeling, fledgling, fresher, neophyte, newcomer, starter |
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| | See Also: | | beginner, enlistee, initiate, lowerclassman, novice, recruit, tiro, tyro, underclassman | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fresh"man\, n.; pl. {Freshmen}.
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.]
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| | Related Terms: | | abecedarian, alphabetarian, apprentice, articled clerk, baby, beginner, boot, cadet, catechumen, colt, deb, debutant, entrant, fledgling, greenhorn, greeny, ignoramus, inductee, infant, initiate, junior, learner, midshipman, neophyte, nestling, new boy, newcomer, novice, novitiate, plebe, postulant, probationer, probationist, raw recruit, recruit, rookie, senior, soph, sophomore, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro, undergrad, undergraduate, upperclassman |
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