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Plebeian

Plebeian Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Plebeian? [n] one of the common people [adj] of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate" [adj] of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Plebeian: common \| lowborn \| pleb \| unwashed \| vulgar Related Terms \| Find terms related to Plebeian: average man \| Babbittish \| base \| baseborn \| below the salt \| bourgeois \| brutish \| campy \| coarse \| Cockney \| common \| common man \| commoner \| commonplace \| crass \| Everyman \| gauche \| general \| high-camp \| homely \| homespun \| humble \| ignoble \| inferior \| John Smith \| kitschy \| little fellow \| little man \| low \| lowborn \| lowbred \| lowbrow \| low-camp \| low-class \| lowly \| mean \| nonclerical \| ordinary \| Philistine \| plain \| pleb \| pop \| popular \| proletarian \| provincial \| public \| roturier \| rude \| rustic \| shabby-genteel \| third-estate \| uncouth \| undistinguished \| ungenteel \| unpolished \| unrefined \| unwashed \| vernacular \| vulgar \| working-class See Also \| common man \| common people \| common person \| commoner \| folk \| lowbrow \| middle-class \| philistine Plebeian In Webster's Dictionary \Plebe"ian\ (pl[-e]b[=e]"yan), a. [L. plebeius, from plebs, plebis, the common people: cf. F. pl['e]b['e]ien.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people. 2. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng. \Ple*be"ian\, n. 1. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician. 2. One of the common people, or lower rank of men.

Plebeian Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Plebeian?

[n] one of the common people
[adj] of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate"
[adj] of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

Plebeian In Webster's Dictionary

\Ple*be"ian\ (pl[-e]*b[=e]"yan), a. [L. plebeius, from
plebs, plebis, the common people: cf. F. pl['e]b['e]ien.]
1. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.

2. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as,
   plebeian sports; a plebeian throng.


\Ple*be"ian\, n.
1. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in
   distinction from patrician.

2. One of the common people, or lower rank of men.

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