Definitions
a military trainee (as at a military academy)
Word origin
From Latin plēbs (“the plebeian class”), probably via Middle French plebe (“plebeians, commoners, the rabble”) and possibly later understood as a clipping of plebeian. Cognate with Italian plebe, Spanish plebe, Portuguese plebe.
Used in a sentence
“All other roomes were free for the plebe or multitude.”
“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."”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Academy freshman”5 letters
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