"freshman" in the noun sense
1. freshman, fresher
a first-year undergraduate
2. newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant
any new participant in some activity
"freshman" in the adjective sense
1. freshman, first-year
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"
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