ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. (informal, by extension) Someone who does something for the first time; a debutant or newbie.
  2. (informal) Someone who is in the first year, or round, of something.
  3. (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

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include plebe, cadet, cadetship, premier, cadetcy, second class.

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