freshman
- noun
- /ˈfrɛʃˌmæn/
- US
- Markus is 15 years old and a freshman at Thomas High School.
- freshman class
- freshman year
- college freshman
And we, the tour walked right in front of my freshman dorm window.
- And we, the tour walked right in front of my freshman dorm window.
- So that is the story of my freshman year in the French House.
- So I signed up for two speech classes my freshman year, flunked them both.
- This was the same year the Lou Alcindor was a freshman at UCLA.
- I took health as my as a freshman, and it was my first science course.
- And then as a freshman, I heard Richard Pryor album.
- So when I was in college, freshmen got sick with Crohn's.
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She's a freshman in college, eager to make new friends and explore her major.
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So the end of my freshman year was kind of like weird.
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Now, your son is a freshman and not my daughter.
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Miss Kelly Smith, she was our freshman year English teacher.
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So there was this one day in freshman year that I remember.
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So that is the story of my freshman year in the French House.
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We were friends since freshman year.
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And I will be back this fall to teach my freshman seminar on free speech.
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She was a senior when I was a freshman.
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I had a Mormon roommate my freshman year.
Synonyms
A person who studies at a school or university
A person who started school, college, or a job this year
A student in their first year at a university or college
A first-year student at high school or college
A student in the first or second year who is not yet a senior
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Etymology
Freshman is made from fresh ('new') and man ('person'). At schools it meant a 'new person' in their first year, which is why we use it for first-year students.