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plebe

[pleeb] / plib /
NOUN
cadet
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“It was such an unbelievable feeling of joy and relief and just pure happiness that this plebe year was over,” he told me.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

“He was a very sharp plebe, a very intelligent young man,” said retired Navy officer Gregory Glaros, the company commander often quizzing Cooper at the academy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

“He wanted to present himself as among ‘the best and the brightest,’ not some common plebe who’d held workaday jobs,” Garrow said of Obama’s first run for the presidency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024

Fellow plebe Jennifer Luong, 18, noted that Sea Trials seemed to be more “laid back and chill” than Plebe Summer — at least in her experience.

From Washington Times ● May 18, 2022

In plebe system, your plebe brothers are all you have to make it through.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore


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