Plebe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /plib/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Plebe is a noun meaning (US, military, slang) A freshman cadet at a military academy.
Meaning
(US, military, slang) A freshman cadet at a military academy.
More Meanings
- (historical, usually in the plural) A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens.
- (historical, obsolete) The plebs, the plebeian class.
- (obsolete) The similar lower class of any area.
Example Sentences
All other roomes were free for the plebe or multitude.
Plebes spend their first summer at Cadet Basic Training — Beast Barracks — where they get soldierized.
My drill master, a young stripling, told me I was not so ‘gross’ as most other pleibs, the name of all new cadets.
"But is a plebe forbidden to stroll here?" "If a plebe did have the brass to try it," replied Anstey slowly, "I reckon he would have to fight the whole yearling class in turn."
Word Forms
- plebes
Synonyms for plebe
Depending on context, synonyms include cadet.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cadet, plebeian, plebian, plebean, plebeiance, plebeianization.
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