noun

1. A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.

2. A person of either sex entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade), a university, or legislative body.

   “At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.”

Synonyms: Grade 9, grade 9, grade nine, grade niner, grade-niner, student, first-year, student