Meanings
plural first-years
- alternativeAlternative form of first year.
The first-years are “always out as a group” and the café in the new building is a great meeting spot.
2007, The Chambers Student Guide 2008, London: Chambers and Partners Publishing, →ISBN, page 583, column 12 more examples
“For being a first year coach he was really good,” said runner Thomas S. Varner referring to Houseknecht. “We learned a lot for a bunch of first-years.”
1977 November 8, “X-country squad finishes as champs”, in Spotlight, volume 13, number 9, Williamsport, Pa.: Williamsport Area Community College, page 7, column 2Closer to home, I overheard a conversation at breakfast from a group of first-years at the table beside me defending the bill’s position.
2015, Amalie Jahn, chapter 33, in A Straw Man, Charlotte, N.C.: Bermlord, →ISBN, page 235
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveused of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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