Firstie

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A first-class cadet. US, informal

    "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."

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

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From first + -ie.

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