"freshman" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹɛʃmən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-freshman.wav 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, grade 9 for 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), 大一 (dàyī) (Chinese Mandarin), 大一生 (dàyīshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 新鮮人 (Chinese Mandarin), 新鲜人 (xīnxiānrén) (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)
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  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-r0~ljJBW Disambiguation of People: 43 57 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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          "text": "Sir Alexander: Then he's a graduate.\nSir Davy: Say they trust him not?\nSir Alexander: Then is he held a freshman and a sot,¶ And never shall commence, but being still barr'd¶ Be expuls'd from the master's side to th' twopenny ward,¶ Or else i' th' hole be plac'd.",
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          "text": "Trump may have played a role in swaying some holdouts — calling into a meeting of Republican freshmen the night before, and calling other members ahead of voting.",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nowicjusz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "freshman"
}

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