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In some senses, freshie is marked as US, colloquial, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
A freshman.
You've got a swell chance to make this [baseball] team, you have, not! Third base is my job, Freshie. Why, you tow-head, you couldn't play marbles.
A new immigrant (usually to the UK).
A freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni)
Freshly fallen snow.