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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRESH'MAN, n.
1. A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.
2. In colleges, one of the youngest class of students.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college); "a freshman senator"; "freshman year in high school or college" [syn: freshman, first-year] n
1: a first-year undergraduate [syn: freshman, fresher]
2: any new participant in some activity [syn: newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant]

Merriam Webster's

noun Usage: often attributive Date: 1552 1. a first-year student 2. beginner, newcomer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -men) a first-year student at university or US at high school.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(freshmen) In America, a freshman is a student who is in his or her first year at university or college. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Novice, tyro, beginner, learner. 2. Student of the first year (in colleges), student of the lowest class.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

One just entered a member of the university.

Moby Thesaurus

abecedarian, alphabetarian, apprentice, articled clerk, baby, beginner, boot, cadet, catechumen, colt, deb, debutant, entrant, fledgling, greenhorn, greeny, ignoramus, inductee, infant, initiate, junior, learner, midshipman, neophyte, nestling, new boy, newcomer, novice, novitiate, plebe, postulant, probationer, probationist, raw recruit, recruit, rookie, senior, soph, sophomore, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro, undergrad, undergraduate, upperclassman