Usually in plural. A junior or recently admitted pupil or student in a school or university, or in the Inns of Court. Also in extended use. Cf. petit…

In spec. uses. Now chiefly North American. A student during his or her first year at a university or college.

gen. A junior; an inferior, an underling; a novice. Obsolete.

A female student in her first year at a university or college. Also: (U.S.) a female member of Congress serving her first term in office.

A freshman at the Scottish universities, where the term was adopted from the University of Paris. (Now obsolete at Edinburgh.) Also attributive.

A novice, a freshman; (spec. in King's College, Cambridge) a junior scholar.

A first-year student at Trinity College, Dublin.

A greenhorn; an inexperienced person; a newcomer, an immigrant.

In U.S. Colleges: A freshman. Cf. German fuchs.

Originally North American. A first-year student at a university, college, or high school. Also in extended use: a newcomer or novice. Cf. freshman, n.

U.S. slang. Also with capital initial. A student, esp. a new student or freshman; a new cadet; spec. a cadet in his or her first year at the…

(at some Scottish universities) a first-year student; = bejan, n.

In German Protestant universities: a freshman. Cf. pennalism, n.

(at some Scottish universities) a first-year student; = bejan, n., yellow-neb n.

Chiefly British and Irish English. Originally University slang. A student in his or her first year at a university or college. Cf. freshman, n. 2a.

(at some Scottish universities) a first-year student; = bejan, n., yellow-beak n.

U.S. slang. A first-year college student; a freshman. Now esp. in sporting contexts.

A college freshman; a member of a freshman sports team. Also freshmen collective, and attributive.