freshperson

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noun

A freshman of any gender.

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Meanings

nounfreshperson (plural freshpersons or freshpeople)

plural freshpersons · plural freshpeople

  1. humoroussometimesA 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
    1 more example

    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

Origin

From fresh + person.

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APA

freshperson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freshperson

MLA

“freshperson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freshperson. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “freshperson,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freshperson.

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