Definition of 'fresher' Freshers are students who have just started their first year at university or college. [British, informal]regional note: in AM, use freshmen.

A freshman, fresher, first year, or colloquially frosh, is a person in the first year at an educational institution, usually a secondary school or at the college and university level, but also in other forms of post-secondary educational institutions.

Individuals with little to no work experience are considered freshers. Freshers are usually graduates or post-graduates looking for a job right at the end of their college education. They may have worked briefly in the past as interns or in part-time roles.

Fresher. Another university-related cool British slang word is fresher, which means a first-year university student.