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Meaning of firstie | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

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

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.”

CEFR level

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

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