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Webster 1913 Edition
Freshman
Fresh′man
,Noun.
pl.
Freshmen
. A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his first year in a high school, college, or university.
Syn. – frosh.
He drank his glass and cracked his joke,
And
And
freshmen
wondered as he spoke. Goldsmith.
Freshman class
, the lowest of the four classes in an American college.
[ U. S.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Freshman
FRESH'MAN
,Noun.
1.
A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.2.
In colleges, one of the youngest class of students.Definition 2024
freshman
freshman
English
Noun
freshman (plural freshmen)
- (obsolete) A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.
- 1619 August 6, Howell, James, The Familiar Letters of James Howell, volume 1, published 1892, Letter XIII, page 39:
- 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.
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- (US) A person of either sex entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade), a university, or legislative body.
- At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.
- 1596, Nashe, Thomas, Have with You to Saffron-Walden:
- When he was but yet a freshman in Cambridge.
- 1611, Middleton, Thomas, The Roaring Girl, act 3, scene 3:
- 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.
- Sir Alexander: Then he's a graduate.
Synonyms
Translations
a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution
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