bejan

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English

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Etymology

From French béjaune (freshman), from bec jaune (yellow beak), in allusion to young birds.

Pronunciation

Noun

bejan (plural bejans)

  1. (now historical) A freshman at various Scottish and continental universities.
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 215:
      They'd been at it, say and night, for four years – only to be shown up by a snivelling little wimp of a bejan.