Definitions for plebe

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Spelling: [pleeb]
IPA: /plib/

Plebe is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in plebe (beelp).

Definitions for plebe

noun

  1. Also, pleb. (at the U.S. Military and Naval academies) a member of the freshman class.
  2. Obsolete. plebeian (def 4).

Origin of plebe

First recorded in 1605-15; short for plebeian

Examples for plebe

Before this change the life of the plebe on the summer cruise was not a bed of roses.

He did well during his plebe year but not spectacularly, earning a class rank of 161st out of more than 800 classmates.

Many a plebe's nightmares are punctuated with just such periods as these.

The plebe ducked; he was quick and agile in body as he was in mind.

Not since his probation as a plebe, had he consorted with such a bunch of "hush-mouths."

He found the plebe, and got right to work to say what he had to say.

The figure in blue, however, was the only one the plebe saw.

And besides, Bull had sworn to haze that plebe, and he meant to do it.

The plebe turned, exhausted though he was, and headed for it.

There won't even a plebe speak to him, 'cept me an' you an' Injun.

Word Value for plebe
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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