(US, Canada, Philippines) 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.
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(obsolete) a novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.
At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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