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plebe

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

Origin:
1605–15; short for plebeian
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plebe   (plēb)   
n.  A first-year student at the U.S. Military Academy or the U.S. Naval Academy.

[Probably short for plebeian.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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