"freshman" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹɛʃmən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-freshman.wav [Southern-England] Forms: freshmen [plural]
Etymology: From fresh + man. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fresh|man}} fresh + man Head templates: {{en-noun|freshmen}} freshman (plural freshmen)
  1. (US, Canada, Philippines) A person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US and Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body. Tags: Canada, Philippines, US Categories (topical): Universities Synonyms (highschool, university): first-year student [Canadian, Philippines], first year student [Canadian, Philippines], 1st year student [Canadian, Philippines], 1st yr student [Canadian, Philippines] Translations (a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution): 一年級新生 (Chinese Mandarin), 一年级新生 (yīniánjí xīnshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 新生 (xīnshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), rus [common-gender] (Danish), feut [masculine] (Dutch), eerstejaars (Dutch), schacht [masculine] (Dutch), fuksi (Finnish), bizut (French), bizuth (French), bleu [masculine] (French), bleue [feminine] (French), Erstsemester (German), Ersti [colloquial] (German), elsőéves (Hungarian), gólya (Hungarian), matricola [feminine] (Italian), 新入生 (shinnyūsei) (alt: しんにゅうせい) (Japanese), 一年生 (ichinensei) (alt: いちねんせい) (Japanese), бірінші курс студенті (bırınşı kurs studentı) (Kazakh), 신입생 (sinipsaeng) (alt: 新入生) (Korean), 일학년 (ilhangnyeon) (english: first-year student) (Korean), бруцош (brucoš) [masculine] (Macedonian), første klasse (Norwegian), førstis [slang] (Norwegian), pierwszak [masculine] (Polish), calouro (Portuguese), caloiro (Portuguese), bicho [masculine] (Portuguese), первоку́рсник (pervokúrsnik) [masculine] (Russian), первоку́рсница (pervokúrsnica) (english: first-year student) [feminine] (Russian), bruc [masculine] (Slovene), novato [masculine] (Spanish), mechón [masculine] (Spanish), cachimbo [masculine] (Spanish), förstaårselev [common-gender] (Swedish), recentior [common-gender] (Swedish), untaunan (Tagalog), glasfyfyriwr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-freshman-en-noun-7WWmzAy0 Disambiguation of Universities: 92 8 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'highschool, university': 97 3 Disambiguation of 'a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution': 98 2
  2. (obsolete) A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): People Translations (novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge): grønskolling [common-gender] (Danish), beginneling [masculine] (Dutch), Neuling [masculine] (German), nowicjusz [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-freshman-en-noun-5f7wAW0S Disambiguation of People: 44 56 Disambiguation of 'novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: freshman fifteen Related terms: junior, senior, sophomore, upperclassman
Synonyms: fresher [British], frosh [US], freshie [Philippines, US], grade nine student [Canadian], grade 9 student [Canadian], Grade 9 student [Canadian], grade-niner [Canadian], grade niner [Canadian], grade seven student [Philippines], grade 7 student [Philippines], Grade 7 student [Philippines]

Inflected forms

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    }
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}
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "一年級新生"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "yīniánjí xīnshēng",
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      "word": "一年级新生"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "xīnshēng",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "新生"
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      "code": "da",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "nl",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "nl",
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    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "fuksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "bizut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "bizuth"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bleu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bleue"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "Erstsemester"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "Ersti"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "elsőéves"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "gólya"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "matricola"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんにゅうせい",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "shinnyūsei",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "新入生"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いちねんせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ichinensei",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "一年生"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bırınşı kurs studentı",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "бірінші курс студенті"
    },
    {
      "alt": "新入生",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sinipsaeng",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "신입생"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "first-year student",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ilhangnyeon",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "일학년"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "brucoš",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "бруцош"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "første klasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "førstis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pierwszak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "calouro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "caloiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bicho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pervokúrsnik",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "первоку́рсник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "first-year student",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pervokúrsnica",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "первоку́рсница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bruc"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "novato"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mechón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cachimbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förstaårselev"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "recentior"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "word": "untaunan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glasfyfyriwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grønskolling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beginneling"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Neuling"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nowicjusz"
    }
  ],
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}

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