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FRESHER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A first-year undergraduate

Synonyms:

fresher; freshman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("fresher" is a kind of...):

lowerclassman; underclassman (an undergraduate who is not yet a senior)

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 Context examples: 

I went with them out to the veranda. On the green Sound, stagnant in the heat, one small sail crawled slowly toward the fresher sea. Gatsby's eyes followed it momentarily; he raised his hand and pointed across the bay.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)