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underclassmen

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un⋅der⋅class⋅man

  [uhn-der-klas-muhn, -klahs-]
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–noun, plural -men.
a freshman or sophomore in a secondary school or college.
Origin:
1870–75, Americanism; under- + class + -man
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un·der·class·man   (ŭn'dər-klās'mən)   
n.  A student in the freshman or sophomore class at a secondary school or college. Also called lowerclassman.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

underclassman 
"sophomore or freshman," 1896, from under + class in the school form sense + man.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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