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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ephebe /ɛˈfiːb, ɪ-, ˈɛfiːb/

▶noun (in ancient Greece) a young man of 18–20 years undergoing military training.

– derivatives
ephebic adjective.

– origin via L. from Gk ephēbos, from epi ‘near to’ + hēbē ‘early manhood’.

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