Definition of sophomore

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soph·o·more    (sf-môr, -mr, sfmôr, -mr) KEY 

NOUN:

1. 1. A second-year student in a U.S. college.
   2. A tenth-grade student in a U.S. high school.
2. A person in the second year of carrying out an endeavor.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Alteration (probably influenced by Greek sophos, wise, and mros, stupid), of sophumer from obsolete sophom, sophism, dialectic exercise, variant of sophism