first-year

See also: first year

English

Noun

first-year (plural first-years)

1. Alternative form of first year.
   • 1977 November 8, “X-country squad finishes as champs”, in Spotlight, volume 13, number 9, Williamsport, Pa.: Williamsport Area Community College, page 7, column 2:

     “For being a first year coach he was really good,” said runner Thomas S. Varner referring to Houseknecht. “We learned a lot for a bunch of first-years.”

   • 2007, The Chambers Student Guide 2008, London: Chambers and Partners Publishing, →ISBN, page 583, column 1:

     The first-years are “always out as a group” and the café in the new building is a great meeting spot.

   • 2015, Amalie Jahn, chapter 33, in A Straw Man, Charlotte, N.C.: Bermlord, →ISBN, page 235:

     Closer to home, I overheard a conversation at breakfast from a group of first-years at the table beside me defending the bill’s position.