Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Freshman \Fresh"man\, n.; pl. {Freshmen}.
   novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a
   student during his fist year in a 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. [ U. S.]

Source : WordNet®

freshman
     adj : 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" [syn: {first-year}]

freshman
     n 1: a first-year undergraduate [syn: {fresher}]
     2: any new participant in some activity [syn: {newcomer}, {fledgling},
         {fledgeling}, {starter}, {neophyte}, {newbie}, {entrant}]