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单词 freshwoman
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freshwomann.

Brit. /ˈfrɛʃˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈfrɛʃˌwʊmən/
Inflections: Plural freshwomen.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fresh adj., woman n.
Etymology: < fresh adj. + woman n., after freshman n.
Now chiefly North American.
A female student in her first year at a university or college. Also: (U.S.) a female member of Congress serving her first term in office.In quot. a1627 in a humorous and apparently isolated use.
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a1627 T. Middleton Chast Mayd in Cheape-side (1630) iii. 35 Mother you doe intreat like a fresh Woman.
1871 Scribner's Monthly 2 347 To bring them where they can enter as Freshmen, or Fresh Women.
1885 Academy 21 Nov. 347 A fresh-woman—if that is the girl-equivalent of fresh-man—is to play the second lady.
1921 Trinity Arch. (Trinity College, Durham, N. Carolina) 152 She is a Freshwoman but she don't act like one.
1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 June d18/1 Referring to the primary candidates she will face for the nomination, she said: ‘I am the only one who will not be a freshman, or freshwoman, when I go to Washington’.
2015 Grizzly (Collegeville, Pa.) (Nexis) 12 Feb. 1 The freshwomen of the UC swim team have faced the challenge of replacing a championship-winning senior class.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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