Nope, not a US term. I've found it in a couple dictionaries as a UK term for "freshman", which is a similar idea but not quite the usage in OP. The equivalent

Nope, not a US term. I've found it in a couple dictionaries as a UK term for "freshman", which is a similar idea but not quite the usage in OP. The equivalent that I've usually heard in the US is "recent graduate", rather than just "graduate". https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/fresher https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/fresh...