Freshman vs. Frosh — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Freshman and Frosh
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Freshman
A freshman, first year, or frosh, is a person in the first year at an educational institution, usually a secondary or post-secondary school.
Frosh
A freshman, as in college.
Freshman
A student in the first-year class of a high school, college, or university. See Usage Note at chairman.
Frosh
A frog.
Freshman
A beginner; a novice
A political freshman.
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Frosh
(colloquial) A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.
The frosh are really getting on my nerves!
Freshman
Of or relating to the first year of an endeavor, especially of attending a school or college
Freshman courses.
A freshman senator.
Frosh
To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.
This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form.
Freshman
Being the first in a series
A freshman effort from a new director.
The freshman season of a promising television show.
Frosh
To damage through incompetence.
Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism.
Freshman
A person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US and Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body.
At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.
Frosh
A student during his first year in a high school, college, or university; a freshman.
Freshman
(obsolete) A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.
Freshman
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.
Freshman
A first-year undergraduate
Freshman
Any new participant in some activity
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
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