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frosh

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noun, plural frosh. Informal.
  1. a college or high-school freshman.
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Origin of frosh

First recorded in 1910–15; by alteration and shortening
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noviceundergraduaterookiegreenhornbeginnerunderclassmanundergradfrosh

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Historical Examples

  • The latter, in a spirit of fun, several times sent a poor “frosh” up to the top floor when she should have remained on the first.

    The Orchard Secret

    Cleo Garis

British Dictionary definitions for frosh

frosh

noun
  1. US and Canadian slang a freshman
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Word Origin

C20: altered from freshman
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Word Origin and History for frosh

n.

student colloquial shortening and alteration of freshman, attested by 1915, "perh. under influence of German frosch frog, (dial.) grammar-school pupil" [OED].

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