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▪ I. fresher1|ˈfrɛʃə(r)|
[f. fresh a. + -er1.]
One who or that which comes fresh. a. Univ. slang: = freshman. b. A fresh breeze. Hence ˈfresherdom, the condition of a freshman.
1882Society 14 Oct. 4/2 The entry of freshers is about two hundred under the average. 1891Duncan Amer. Girl Lond. 254 According to the pure usage of Oxonian English, he was a ‘Fresher’. 1894Field 9 June 836/2 The Britannia took in her flying jib, a fresher from off St. Mary's Marshes laying on until the Prince of Wales's cutter was fairly foaming. 189519th Cent. Nov. 363 Emergence from the condition of ‘fresherdom’.
▪ II. fresher2 dial.
A young frog.
1823in Moor Suffolk Words. 1896Blackw. Mag. Mar. 314 He loved to catch ‘freshers’ and let them hop down his throat. |