freshman — [fresh′mən] n. pl. freshmen [fresh′mən] [ FRESH1 + MAN] 1. a beginner; novice 2. a student in the first year of college or the ninth grade in high school ☆ 3. a person in the first year, term, etc. of some enterprise [a freshman in Congress] … English World dictionary
Freshman — Fresh man, n.; 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. [1913 Webster] He drank his glass and cracked his joke, And freshmen… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
freshman — index amateur, neophyte, novice Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
freshman — mid 16c., newcomer, novice, from FRESH (Cf. fresh) (1) + MAN (Cf. man) (n.). Sense of university student in first year is attested from 1590s. Related: Freshmen … Etymology dictionary
freshman — [n] first year student beginner, frosh*, greenhorn, novice, rookie, underclassman, undergrad*, undergraduate; concept 348 … New thesaurus
freshman — ► NOUN ▪ a first year student at university or (N. Amer. ) at high school … English terms dictionary
freshman 15 — n. The number of pounds that many students gain in their first year of college; the often observed phenomenon of weight gain among first year college students. Also: Freshman 15, Freshman Fifteen. Example Citations: Yolanda Davis heard about the… … New words
freshman — freshmanship, n. /fresh meuhn/, n., pl. freshmen, adj. n. 1. a student in the first year of the course at a university, college, or high school. 2. a novice; beginner. adj. 3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a freshman: to outgrow one s… … Universalium
Freshman — A freshman, fresher, fish, or frosh is a first year student in an educational institution. The term first year can also be used as a noun, to describe the students themselves (e.x. They are first years ).United StatesIn recent years, first year… … Wikipedia
freshman — noun Freshman is used before these nouns: ↑Congressman, Congresswoman, ↑enrolment, ↑seminar, ↑year Freshman is used after these nouns: ↑college, ↑high school … Collocations dictionary
