Meaning

2 senses
  1. (UK)A first-year student at a university.

    a first-year undergraduate

  2. (India)A fresh graduate looking for his/her first job.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Both Tom and Mary are freshers.

    deTom und Maria sind beide Erstis.

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  2. Tom and Mary are both freshers.

    deTom und Maria sind beide Erstis.

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  3. We're all freshers.

    deWir sind alle Erstis.

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Origin

From a clipping of freshman + -er (Oxford -er).

From a clipping of freshman + -er (Oxford -er).

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Forms

plural: freshers
Singularfresher
Pluralfreshers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
first year student:freshmanB1frosh
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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