From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfreshmanfresh‧man /ˈfreʃmən/ ●○○ noun (plural freshmen /-mən/) [countable] American English SEa student in the first year of high school or university
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freshman• He was a senior at the University of Minnesota, she was a freshman.• Nieboer-Erickson also speaks to all freshman athletes at annual orientation sessions.• Cal freshman center Michael Stewart answers to Yogi.• When asked how his constituents were dealing with the crisis, freshman Rep.• The couple recently attended a campaign event for freshman Rep.• It held freshmen out of competition to give them an extra year to grow and mature.• Chris remembers his freshman year at UCLA as if it were yesterday.• We were only freshmen, so the older kids liked to pick on us.• After the restart it took Red Alligator longer to break clear of the freshmen. 