Hypertext Webster Gateway: "freshman"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Freshman \Fresh"man\, n.; pl. {Freshmen}.
novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a
student during his fist year in a college or university.
He drank his glass and cracked his joke, And freshmen
wondered as he spoke. --Goldsmith.
{Freshman class}, the lowest of the four classes in an
American college. [ U. S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
freshman
adj : used of a person in the first year of an experience
(especially in United States high school or college);
"a freshman senator"; "freshman year in high school or
college" [syn: {first-year}]
n 1: a first-year undergraduate [syn: {fresher}]
2: any new participant in some activity [syn: {newcomer}, {fledgling},
{fledgeling}, {starter}, {neophyte}, {entrant}]
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