freshman

Definition

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

Etymology

From fresh + man.

Example Sentences

• "At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical."
• "When he was but yet a freshman in Cambridge."
• "Sir Alexander: Then he's a graduate. Sir Davy: Say they trust him not? Sir Alexander: Then is he held a freshman and a sot,¶ And never shall commence, but being still barr'd¶ Be expuls'd from the master's side to th' twopenny ward,¶ Or else i' th' hole be plac'd."

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