freshpeoplen.
/ˈfrɛʃˌpiːpl/, U.S. /ˈfrɛʃˌpip(ə)l/ Chiefly North American.
Students in the first year of a university, college, or high school. Also in extended use: newcomers or novices. Cf. freshperson n.Used as a gender-neutral alternative to freshmen; cf. freshman n. 2.
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1962 East Texan (Commerce, Texas) 10 Oct. 2/2 Representatives of our fraternities and sororities are rushing madly about gathering up newly arrived freshpeople for their organizations.
2005 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 9 May 1 King said he remembered speaking to the same class in the fall of 2001 when most of them were ‘freshpeople’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1962- weekdayer
- weekdayest
- weekdays
- weekdayyer
- weekdayyest
- weekend
- weekend air force
- weekend athlete
- weekend bag
- weekend break
- weekend case
- weekend cottage
- weekend course
- weekend edition
- weekend father
- weekend gardener
- weekend getaway
- weekend leave
- weekend motorist
- weekend sailor
- weekend school
- weekend soldier
- weekend ticket
- weekend warrior
- weekended