Freshman

n.

1.

A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his first year in a high school, college, or university. He drank his glass and cracked his joke, And freshmen wondered as he spoke. - Goldsmith. Freshman class the lowest of the four classes in an American college.

Noun	1.	freshman - a first-year undergraduate Synonyms: fresher
	2.	freshman - any new participant in some activity Synonyms: fledgeling, fledgling, newbie, newcomer, neophyte, entrant, starter
Adj.	1.	freshman - used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college); "a freshman senator"; "freshman year in high school or college" Synonyms: first-year

abecedarian, alphabetarian, apprentice, articled clerk, baby, beginner, boot, cadet, catechumen, colt, deb, debutant, entrant, fledgling, greenhorn, greeny, ignoramus, inductee, infant, initiate, junior, learner, midshipman, neophyte, nestling, new boy, newcomer, novice, novitiate, plebe, postulant, probationer, probationist, raw recruit, recruit, rookie, senior, soph, sophomore, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro, undergrad, undergraduate, upperclassman