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Meaning of ephebe | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ɛˈfiːb

Definitions

  1. An 18- to 20-year-old man in ancient Greece undergoing military training.
    historical
  2. A young man; a youth.
    broadly

Equivalents

Suomi efebi
Français éphèbe
Polski efeb

Examples

“His glance touched their faces lightly as he smiled, a blond ephebe. Tame essence of [Oscar] Wilde.”
“Indeed Tom was much still the ephebe, sharing boys with his friend though talking of the gravity of marriage.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

ephebeion ephebeum ephebiatrics ephebiphobia ephebo ephebocracy

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