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Phi Bete

American  
[fahy beyt] / ˈfaɪ ˈbeɪt /

noun

Informal.
  1. a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

  2. Phi Beta Kappa.


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There he set pass-catching records that stood for more than 20 years, made All-Ivy and Phi Bete and spurned a Philadelphia Eagles offer in order to go to graduate business school.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is a Phi Bete from Dartmouth, flew with Rickenbacker in World War I, graduated in reporting from the cooperative City News Bureau, from which he hires up to 18 bright young newsmen a year.

From Time Magazine Archive

A Phi Bete graduate of Occidental College in Los Angeles, he was a Mormon missionary for three years.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the Phi Bete does not leap ahead, does the campus politician?

From Time Magazine Archive

I know perfectly well that some fellows can go out for a bunch of activities and make Phi Bete, too; but they're sharks and I'm not.

From The Plastic Age by Marks, Percy

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