plebe

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/ plib /

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noun

Also pleb. (at the U.S. Military and Naval academies) a member of the freshman class.

Obsolete. plebeian (def. 4).

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Origin of plebe

First recorded in 1605–15; short for plebeian

Words nearby plebe

pleat, pleater, pleather, pleb, plebby, plebe, plebeian, plebiscite, plebs, plecopteran, plectognath

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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.
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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 Piper
Hodge 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. Standish
This 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.
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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

plebe

/ (pliːb) /

noun

informal a member of the lowest class at the US Naval Academy or Military Academy; freshman

Word Origin for plebe

C19: shortened from plebeian

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