Plebes is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Plebes meaning
plural of plebe
Using Plebes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of plebe
- In the example corpus, plebes often appears in combinations such as: plebes to.
Context around Plebes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Plebes
- In this selection, "plebes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, development, 200, plural, undergo, learn and sophomores stand out and add context to how "plebes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1 200 plebes an abbreviation and assigned to plebes or short. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "plebes" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with plebes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Women comprise about 22 percent of entering plebes. (8 words)
The Plebes will not be getting it any time soon. (10 words)
The Herndon climb is considered the final rite of passage for 'plebes' at the Naval Academy. (16 words)
Every year as part of the year end festivities, Herndon is covered with lard and plebes attempt to climb the monument, remove a "dixie cup" (the headwear of a plebe) and put a "cover" (the standard midshipman hat) on top. (40 words)
They were also named National Intercollegiate Champions. citation In 1955, the tradition of greasing Herndon Monument for plebes to climb to exchange their plebe "dixie cup" covers (hats) for a midshipman's cover started. (34 words)
Approximately 1,200 "plebes" (an abbreviation of the Ancient Roman word plebeian ) enter the Academy each summer for the rigorous Plebe Summer, but only about 1,000 midshipmen graduate. (29 words)
Example sentences (11)
This multi-day, culminating leadership challenge will reinforce the moral, mental, and physical development plebes undergo during their first year at the Naval Academy.
Plebes learn some basic commands from Marine 2nd Lt. Kevin Thibodeaux before moving out to Bancroft Hall.
The Plebes will not be getting it any time soon.
The Herndon climb is considered the final rite of passage for 'plebes' at the Naval Academy.
Approximately 1,200 "plebes" (an abbreviation of the Ancient Roman word plebeian ) enter the Academy each summer for the rigorous Plebe Summer, but only about 1,000 midshipmen graduate.
Colloquially, freshmen are plebes, sophomores are yearlings or yuks, juniors are cows, and seniors are firsties.
Every year as part of the year end festivities, Herndon is covered with lard and plebes attempt to climb the monument, remove a "dixie cup" (the headwear of a plebe) and put a "cover" (the standard midshipman hat) on top.
Rank Structure A member of the entering class—the fourth class, the lowest rank of midshipmen—is also known as a "plebe" (plural plebes).
The rooms are commonly assigned to Plebes or short-straw drawing Youngsters, since they lack the view that many other rooms have.
They were also named National Intercollegiate Champions. citation In 1955, the tradition of greasing Herndon Monument for plebes to climb to exchange their plebe "dixie cup" covers (hats) for a midshipman's cover started.
Women comprise about 22 percent of entering plebes.
Common combinations with plebes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- plebes to 2×