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fresh·man

(frĕsh′mən)

1. A student in the first-year class of a high school, college, or university. See Usage Note at chairman.

2. A beginner; a novice.

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fresh•man

(ˈfrɛʃ mən)

n., pl. -men,
adj. n.

1. a student in the first year at a university, college, or high school.

2. a novice; beginner.

adj.

3. of or characteristic of a freshman.

[1545–50]

usage: See -man.

freshman

A student in the first year at a school, college, or university.

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Noun	1.	freshman - a first-year undergraduate fresher lowerclassman, underclassman - an undergraduate who is not yet a senior
	2.	freshman - any new participant in some activity fledgeling, fledgling, newbie, newcomer, neophyte, entrant, starter beginner, initiate, tiro, tyro, novice - someone new to a field or activity enlistee, recruit - any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)
Adj.	1.	freshman - 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" first-year U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 first - preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"

freshman

noun undergraduate, fresher (Brit. informal), first-year student a freshman at the University of South Carolina

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freshman

noun

One who is just starting to learn or do something:

abecedarian, beginner, fledgling, greenhorn, initiate, neophyte, novice, novitiate, tenderfoot, tyro.

Slang: rookie.

Translations

Frischling Fuchs Neuling

fuksi

bizutbizuth

elsőévesgólya

feut

caloiro calouro

первокурсник

bruc

freshman

[ˈfreʃmən] N (freshmen (pl))

1. (Univ) → estudiante mf de primer año

2. (Scol) (= beginner) → novato/a mf GRADE

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freshman

[ˈfrɛʃmən] n → bizuth m, étudiant(e) m/f de première année

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freshman

n pl <-men> (US Univ) → Erstsemester nt (inf); (Sch) → Frischling m (inf)

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freshman

[ˈfrɛʃmən] n (-men (pl)) (Univ) → matricola f

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