firstie

English

Etymology

first +‎ -ie

Noun

firstie (plural firsties)

1. (US, military, informal) A first-class cadet.
   • 2007 May 25, Michael Wilson, “Iraq Presents Graduating Class at West Point With New Challenges”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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. (informal, by extension) 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.