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ephebes

ephebes is the plural of ephebe.

Meaning of ephebe

Noun

ephebe (plural ephebes)

  1. (historical) An 18- to 20-year-old man in ancient Greece undergoing military training.
  2. (broadly) A young man; a youth.
    • His glance touched their faces lightly as he smiled, a blond ephebe. Tame essence of [Oscar] Wilde.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 9: Scylla and Charybdis]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 190

Questions about ephebes

What is ephebes the plural of?
Ephebes is the plural of ephebe.

Words near ephebes in the dictionary

  1. ephas
  2. ephebe
  3. ephebea
  4. ephebeia
  5. ephebeion
  6. ephebes
  7. ephebeum
  8. ephebi
  9. ephebiatrics
  10. ephebic
  11. ephebiphobia

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