Other forms: freshmen
A freshman is a first-year student, in American English. A college freshman, freshman year, the freshman class.
The American sequence runs freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, and it applies to high school as well as university. The freshman fifteen is the folk belief about weight gained in the first year. British English says fresher, which is used only of universities. Note that first-year is now often preferred, being neutral.
1nounfreshmanA first-year student, in American English.
“As a freshman, he got lost on the huge college campus during his first week.”
freshman is a student.
Also accepted in games: fresher
From fresh + man. From fresh + man.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Academic English