firstie

Etymology

From first + -ie.

noun

  1. 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.”
  2. Someone who does something for the first time; a debutant or newbie.
  3. Someone who is in the first year, or round, of something.
  4. A First Worlder; someone from the First World.