(university slang, Canada) A week of activities dedicated to new students at a college or university, held to prepare them for their first academic year.
(university slang, Canada) A week of activities dedicated to new students at a college or university, held to prepare them for their first academic year.
But a year after Western University's frosh week ended with a mass walkout in the wake of multiple sexual assault allegations and claims of toxic campus culture, student leaders say additional supports and training are a key part of thei…
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(British) The week before the academic aspects of a university start, when students may socialize and undergo induction.
(US, archaic, informal, humorous) Characteristic of a freshman.
(chiefly, US, idiomatic) The week during which new members are required to undergo undignified rites of initiation or gruelling discipline in order to be accepted into a fraternity, sorority, secret society, military group, etc.
(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.