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Definition of Plebe
1. Noun. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Specialized synonyms: Midshipman
Generic synonyms: Trainee
Derivative terms: Cadetship
Definition of Plebe
1. n. The common people; the mob.
Definition of Plebe
1. Noun. (American English) a first year student at a US military academy; a cadet ¹
2. Noun. common person ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plebe
1. a freshman at a military or naval academy [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plebe
Literary usage of Plebe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Sir George Croke, Knight: Formerly One of the Justices of the by George Croke, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Harbottle Grimston, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Thomas Leach (1790)
"... plebe land upon the endowment was allotted to the vicar, and all ruled of late
in the exchequer, ..."
2. A Complete Life of Gen. George A. Custer: Major-General of Volunteers by Frederick Whittaker (1876)
"plebe OUSTER. A TALL, slender lad of seventeen, with frank, handsome face and
fair hair, landed on the wharf at West Point, in the summer of 1857. ..."
3. Mrs. Stephens' New Monthly by Ann Sophia Stephens (1856)
"As if devilling a plebe was not sufficient, tho young gentlemen had evidently
set to work ... l believe the plebe will make us all sick," whispered another. ..."
4. Reports of Sir George Croke, Knight: Formerly One of the Justices of the by George Croke, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Harbottle Grimston, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Thomas Leach (1790)
"... plebe land upon the endowment was allotted to the vicar, and all ruled of late
in the exchequer, ..."
5. A Complete Life of Gen. George A. Custer: Major-General of Volunteers by Frederick Whittaker (1876)
"plebe OUSTER. A TALL, slender lad of seventeen, with frank, handsome face and
fair hair, landed on the wharf at West Point, in the summer of 1857. ..."
6. Mrs. Stephens' New Monthly by Ann Sophia Stephens (1856)
"As if devilling a plebe was not sufficient, tho young gentlemen had evidently
set to work ... l believe the plebe will make us all sick," whispered another. ..."
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