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fresh⋅man
[fresh-muh
n] 
noun, plural -men, adjective –noun
| 1. | a student in the first year of the course at a university, college, or high school. |
| 2. | a novice; beginner. |
–adjective
| 3. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a freshman: to outgrow one's freshman attitudes. |
| 4. | lacking seniority or experience; junior: a freshman senator. |
| 5. | required of or suitable for freshmen: freshman courses. |
| 6. | initial; first: This is my freshman year with the company. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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freshman
c.1550, "newcomer, novice;" sense of "university student in first year" is attested from 1596.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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