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freshperson en · NOUN

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Etymology

From fresh + person.

Meanings

1. (humorous, sometimes) A freshman of any gender.
   • A junior. Periodically she terrorizes some freshperson, then hides in her room and won't come out till someone promises her she has free will. 1991 October 2, Barry Deutsch, Cast of Thousands (comic), University of Massachusetts Amherst:
   • Four years ago I furthered my education at a small, rural, New England arts college. The first day we freshpeople arrived (somehow it seemed natural for me to go to a coed school despite my sexual orientation), the infirmary had a questionnaire for us to fill out. 1976 December 4, John W. Atteridg, “The First Time and All Those That Came After”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 23, page 12:

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