the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A contraction of soph ister.
n. A contraction of sophomore.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In the English universities, same as sophister, and the more usual word.
n. In United States colleges, same as sophomore.
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n. a second-year undergraduate
Word Usage
"Warren, whom he had known and looked up to at Harvard as a "soph" looks up to a senior; and he enclosed his picture, which would perhaps recall him to Guthrie's mind."