Firstie
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Firstie is a noun meaning (US, military, informal) A first-class cadet.
Meaning
(US, military, informal) A first-class cadet.
More Meanings
- (informal, by extension) Someone who does something for the first time; a debutant or newbie.
- (informal) Someone who is in the first year, or round, of something.
- (slang) A First Worlder; someone from the First World.
Example Sentences
WEST POINT, N.Y., May 22 — The graduating cadets of the United States Military Academy spent their final days here like scores of seniors, or firsties, before them: packing foot lockers and showing their mothers around gray buildings and sweeping lawns.
Word Forms
- firsties
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include plebe, cadet, cadetship, premier, cadetcy, second class.
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