freshman

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a first-year undergraduate
    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)

Word Origin

freshman (n.)
1550s, "newcomer, novice," from fresh (adj.1) in the sense "making one's first acquaintance, inexperienced" + man (n.). Sense of "university student in first year" is attested from 1590s. As an adjective by 1805. Freshwoman is from 1620s. Related: Freshmen; freshmanic, freshmanship, freshmanhood.

Synonym

Antonym

n.

senior

Example

1. Avoid expressing anxiety . Your homesick freshman is not your sounding board .
2. These are bright spots on the resume for a freshman in college .
3. The couple had met in freshman math class but never really dated until now .
4. Stanley grudgingly went along yet again , enrolling in the university of hawaii as a freshman .
5. After all , that college freshman you might have otherwise offended could be your boss one day .

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