fresher

[fresh-er]

noun

British Slang.

1. freshman.

fresher

/ ˈfrɛʃə, ˈfrɛʃmən /

noun

1. a first-year student at college or university

Word History and Origins

Origin of fresher¹

First recorded in 1880–85; fresh(man) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The think tank found the maximum annual maintenance loan covers "just half the costs faced by freshers".

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He closed up quickly on to the back of the Red Bull, but Tsunoda was unable to pass Lawson despite his fresher tyres.

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But at the University of South Wales' freshers event in Cardiff, many students were still keen to embrace the chance to move out of their parents' house while studying.

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Cardiff University medical student Lily McGarry, now 24, believed she was experiencing a bout of "fresher's flu".

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What she hadn't realised at the time was that other freshers were just as scared as she was.

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