plebe
Also pleb. (at the U.S. Military and Naval academies) a member of the freshman class.
Obsolete. plebeian (def. 4).
Origin of plebe
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How to use plebe in a sentence
He did well during his plebe year but not spectacularly, earning a class rank of 161st out of more than 800 classmates.
He was glad that he had learned, before the end of his plebe year at West Point, to speak without moving his lips.
Dearest | Henry Beam PiperHodge remembered that Gage had tried to injure Frank in the past, and the dark-eyed plebe was ready to blaze forth in an instant.
Frank Merriwell's Chums | Burt L. StandishThis hasty and guarded conversation was carried on between two plebe cadets who had met in a corridor of the academy "cockloft."
Frank Merriwell's Chums | Burt L. Standish"You may not want to box, but you can down Frank Merriwell just the same," declared the big plebe.
Frank Merriwell's Chums | Burt L. Standish
He saw that Davis did not mean to fight, and he made a resolve to save the plebe if possible by taking up his quarrel.
Frank Merriwell's Chums | Burt L. Standish
British Dictionary definitions for plebe
/ (pliːb) /
informal a member of the lowest class at the US Naval Academy or Military Academy; freshman
Origin of plebe
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