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In some senses, freshman is marked as obsolete, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
freshman
/ˈfɹɛʃmən/
noun 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
high
VERB + FRESHMAN
aren't, got, held, wide-eyed
FRESHMAN + NOUN
cambridge, harvard, school, soccer, sot, year
PREP.
in, in, on
ADV.
currently, only
Definitions
noun
1
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; 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.
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Idioms & Phrases
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At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.
Wiktionary02
When he was but yet a freshman in Cambridge.
Wiktionary03
Sir Alexander: Then he's a graduate. Sir Davy: Say they trust him not? Sir Alexander: Then is he held a freshman and a sot,¶ And never shall commence, but being still barr'd¶ Be expuls'd from the mast
Wiktionary04
Felix constantly worries that he isn't amounting to anything, even though he's only a freshman in high school.
Tatoeba · #75484405
My brother is a freshman.
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He's a freshman.
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