Meaning of firstie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A first-class cadet.
   US, informal
2. Someone who does something for the first time; a debutant or newbie.
   broadly, informal
3. Someone who is in the first year, or round, of something.
   informal
4. A First Worlder; someone from the First World.
   slang

Equivalents

Examples

“WEST POINT, N.Y., May 22 — The graduating cadets of the United States Military Academy spent their final days here like scores of seniors, or firsties, before them: packing foot lockers and showing their mothers around gray buildings and sweeping lawns.”

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