freshernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfreʃ.ər/us/ˈfreʃ.ɚ/UK informala student who has recently started studying at a college or university
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
University & college education
- academe
- academia
- academic
- business school
- campus
- Cantabrigian
- grad
- graduate
- grove
- hall of residence
- honour
- intercollegiate
- junior college
- red-brick
- registrar
- semester
- sorority
- student union
- summa cum laude
- varsity
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Examples from literature
- I was a fresher in your third year.
- It must be one of those wretched freshers.