firstie

noun — 4 senses

firstie

noun

Etymology From first + -ie.

1

Government, Military, Politics, War US, Informal A first-class cadet.

  • 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.2007 May 25, Michael Wilson, “Iraq Presents Graduating Class at West Point With New Challenges”, in New York Times:
2

Broadly, Informal Someone who does something for the first time; a debutant or newbie.

3

Informal Someone who is in the first year, or round, of something.

4

Slang A First Worlder; someone from the First World.

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