underclassman
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- noun
- /ˌʌndərˈklæs.mən/
- US
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estudiante de primer o segundo año
- As an underclassman, she felt pressure to maintain her grades while balancing extracurricular activities.
Examples
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Watching his video, you see a kid that looks more like a college athlete, yet he is still an underclassman.
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They were no more experienced than Iowa; in fact, Penn State actually started one more underclassman than the Hawkeyes.
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It's not good for a senior to be seen with an underclassman.
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Sir Charles Barkley has been vocal on the underclassman draft issue.
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In the apprenticeship position, the underclassman learns the techniques for teaching music to small children within the context of an actual classroom.
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We need to get our underclassman game experience at QB before they hit the ACC next year.
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If you are an underclassman, he may not contact you as much due simply to your age; but if you are an upperclassman and a coach actively contacts you, then you know he has interest.
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Captain Moreland, like your predecessor you've distinguished yourself for a number of years here as an underclassman.
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The underclassman assists by serving as another adult model for the kindergartners and as a partner when the upperclassman teacher demonstrates a new activity.
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Close behind Sherry was another underclassman, freshman Jacob Simons, who finished 86th overall with a time of 28:54.48.
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Synonyms
A student at college in the first or second year
Antonyms
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
underclassman = underclass (transparent) = under + class + man
Formed from 'underclass' + the person-denoting suffix '-man', so the meaning 'a person in the underclass / a lower-year student' is directly derivable.
Etymology
Underclassman comes from under- 'below', class 'year group', and man 'person', so it simply means a student who is below the senior year, for example a freshman or sophomore.