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plebe


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plebe  \Plebe\  (pl[=e]b),  n.  [F.  pl[`e]be,  fr  L.  plebs.] 
  1.  The  common  people;  the  mob.  [Obs.] 
 
  The  plebe  with  thirst  and  fury  prest.  --Sylvester. 
 
  2.  [Cf.  {Plebeian}.]  A  member  of  the  lowest  class  in  the 
  military  academy  at  West  Point.  [Cant,  U.S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  plebe 
  n  :  a  military  trainee  (as  at  a  military  academy)  [syn:  {cadet}] 




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