freshman

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a first-year undergraduate
noun any new participant in some activity
adjective used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)

From fresh + man.

That Florentine time was as her freshman year in the splendid quadrangles of this Italian Oxford. — Linnet: A Romance, Grant Allen
Jack and some friends he makes crowd innumerable happenings into an exciting freshman year at one of the leading Eastern colleges. — A Modern Tomboy: A Story for Girls, L. T. Meade
In the spring of his freshman year Carl gave up waiting on table and drove a motor-car for a town banker. — The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life, Sinclair Lewis

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