Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A student in the first-year class of a high school, college, or university.
- noun A beginner; a novice.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.
- noun A student of the first year in a college or university.
- Pertaining to a freshman, or to the class composed of freshmen, in a college.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his first year in a high school, college, or university.
- noun [ U. S.] the lowest of the four classes in an American college.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
novice ; one in therudiments ofknowledge . - noun US A person of either sex entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (
ninth grade ), auniversity , or legislative body.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a first-year undergraduate
- noun any new participant in some activity
- adjective used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The point is that we STOP using the term "freshman fifteen."
Dr. Susan Albers: Freshman 15: Fact or Fiction? Dr. Susan Albers 2011
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The point is that we STOP using the term "freshman fifteen."
Dr. Susan Albers: Freshman 15: Fact or Fiction? Dr. Susan Albers 2011
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•Robbie Earl — The Wisconsin freshman is one of the fastest players in the draft and can score.
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She did live in the dorms the first year and Katrina hit on what they call freshman move-in day.
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But as an all-around force on the basketball court, the freshman is all grown up.
USATODAY.com - Final Four's stars: Greatness on display 2003
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Minnesota freshman is the most highly skilled offensive talent among all
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I am a physics freshman from the University of the Philippines.
Bad Language: Metric vs Metric Tensor vs Matrix Form vs Line Element 2009
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S Parker Orms — The redshirt freshman is only listed at 5-11, 180 pounds and didn't grace the two-deep at the beginning of spring camp.
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The Bruin freshman can rebound, block shots and play at a high level defensively.
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It is nice to get a bit of the "other side" of the story ... my version of World History taught in freshman year of High School, al; though not strictly anti-Catholic, nevertheless really downplayed the accomplishments of the Church.
Weird Things 2010
jodi commented on the word freshman
For Irish English and BrE, when referring to university students use first year instead.
March 26, 2011