Freshmen

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Freshman \Fresh"man\, n.; pl. {Freshmen}.
     A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a
     student during his first year in a high school, college, or
     university.
  
     Syn: frosh.


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                He drank his glass and cracked his joke,
                And freshmen wondered as he spoke.  --Goldsmith.
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     {Freshman class}, the lowest of the four classes in an
        American college. [ U. S.]
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