Noun

1. A young man, especially an 18-20 year old in ancient Greece undergoing military training.

   • 1922: His glance touched their faces lightly as he smiled, a blond ephebe. — James Joyce, Ulysses
   • 1993: Indeed Tom was much still the ephebe, sharing boys with his friend though talking of the gravity of marriage — Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford