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Vinony

freshman

noun

  1. person in their first year at an educational institution
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛʃ.mən/ / [ˈfɹʷɛʃ.mən] ~ [ˈfɹʷɛʃ.mn̩]

noun

Etymology: From fresh + man.

  1. 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

    “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.”

  2. a novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge

    “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.”