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freshman Definition

fresh·man (fres̸h′mən)

noun pl. -·men-mən

  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

Etymology: fresh + man

adjective

of, for, or having to do with a freshman or freshmen

freshman Synonyms

freshman

n.

beginner, first-year student, novice, recruit, lowerclassman, tenderfoot, greenhorn, learner, apprentice, tyro, neophyte, probationer, frosh*, freshie*, plebe*, yearling*, rookie*; see also beginner.

freshman Usage Examples

Converse of object

contain: The Second Eight was a lively, amiable crew, which contained several freshmen.

Adjective modifier

  • incoming: Geared to high school students and incoming freshman, the programs have enrolled only African-American, Hispanic, and Native-American students since their inception.
  • high: Sales were modest until my son, a high school freshman, decided not to sell chocolates during his school's annual sale.
  • male: Among male freshmen, the proportion was 46.4 percent.

Modifies a noun

  • year: I also wrestled, from my fifth grade through to my freshman year of High School.
  • class: AP scores are used for admission purposes only and not to achieve advanced standing in freshman classes.
  • student: The first year, or Freshman students, who began at Richmond in Fall 2004, continue to have the profile of new approach.
  • experience: Columbia, SC: National Resource Center for The Freshman Year Experience, University of South Carolina.
  • course: A graduate seminar in organizational theory is far removed from a freshman biology course.
  • orientation: In 1991 and 1992 both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal published surveys of freshman orientations.

Noun used with modifier

  • college: I fell a bit short, placing third, but swam faster than I had as a college freshman 37 years ago.
  • operation: The crew of this Halifax were the only people to return from Operation Freshman.
  • school: Sales were modest until my son, a high school freshman, decided not to sell chocolates during his school's annual sale.

Preposition: in

school: By the time he was a freshman in high school he was running 17:20.

Preposition: with

disability: Henderson, C. ( 2001 ) College freshmen with disabilities: A statistical profile.