freshman

noun
/ˈfɹɛʃ.mən/

Etymology

From fresh + man.

  1. inherited from *mon- — “human being, man
  2. inherited from *mann- — “man
  3. inherited from *mann
  4. inherited from mann — “human being, person, man
  5. inherited from man
  6. compounded as freshman — “fresh + man

Definitions

  1. a person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high…

    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

    • At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.
    • When he was but yet a freshman in Cambridge.
  2. a novice

    a novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge

    • I am but a Freshman yet in France, therefore I can send you no News but that all is here quiet, and 'tis no ordinary News that the French should be quiet.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for freshman. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA