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Antonyms for plebe
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pleeb |
Phonetic Transcription : plib |
Definition of plebe
Origin :- also pleb, "member of the lowest class at a U.S. military academy," 1833, probably a shortened form of plebeian "one of the lower class," which in Latin also had the short form plebs or plebes.
- As in novice : noun person just learning something
- As in plebeian : noun person of lower class
- As in recruit : noun person beginning service
- As in cadet : noun military trainee
- As in undergraduate : noun college student
- Not since his probation as a plebe, had he consorted with such a bunch of "hush-mouths."
- Extract from : « Next Door, Next World » by Robert Donald Locke
- Before this change the life of the plebe on the summer cruise was not a bed of roses.
- Extract from : « Pike & Cutlass » by George Gibbs
- There won't even a plebe speak to him, 'cept me an' you an' Injun.
- Extract from : « A Cadet's Honor » by Upton Sinclair
- And besides, Bull had sworn to haze that plebe, and he meant to do it.
- Extract from : « A Cadet's Honor » by Upton Sinclair
- The plebe ducked; he was quick and agile in body as he was in mind.
- Extract from : « A Cadet's Honor » by Upton Sinclair
- He found the plebe, and got right to work to say what he had to say.
- Extract from : « A Cadet's Honor » by Upton Sinclair
- The plebe turned, exhausted though he was, and headed for it.
- Extract from : « A Cadet's Honor » by Upton Sinclair
- Many a plebe's nightmares are punctuated with just such periods as these.
- Extract from : « A Cadet's Honor » by Upton Sinclair
- The figure in blue, however, was the only one the plebe saw.
- Extract from : « On Guard » by Upton Sinclair
- But that's the first time I ever heard of a plebe playing tricks on yearlings.
- Extract from : « On Guard » by Upton Sinclair
Synonyms for plebe
- amateur
- apprentice
- beginner
- coed
- colt
- common people
- commonalty
- commoner
- convert
- cub
- draftee
- enlisted person
- first of May
- fledgling
- freshman
- GI
- greenhorn
- gremlin
- helper
- initiate
- junior
- know from nothing
- learner
- mark
- midshipman
- neophyte
- new kid on the block
- new person
- newcomer
- novice
- novitiate
- peasant
- person in the street
- pleb
- plebe
- postulant
- prentice
- probationer
- proletarian
- proselyte
- punk
- pupil
- rank and file
- recruit
- rookie
- sailor
- selectee
- senior
- serviceperson
- soldier
- sophomore
- starter
- student
- tenderfoot
- trainee
- underclassman
- upperclassman
- volunteer
- youth
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