A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

PLEBE

Sun, 22 Feb '26
First-year West Pointer
Fri, 30 Jan '26
___ Summer (program for Annapolis freshmen)
Thu, 29 Aug '24
Military school newbie
Thu, 15 Aug '24
Annapolis frosh
Thu, 25 Jul '24
Academy newbie
Fri, 19 Apr '24
New face at the Academy
Thu, 26 Jan '23
Commoner