Plebeian

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  • adjective. Of or relating to the common people of ancient Rome.
  • adjective. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of commoners.
  • adjective. Unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar.
  • noun. One of the common people of ancient Rome.
  • noun. A member of the lower classes.
  • noun. A vulgar or coarse person.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the plebs or common people; vulgar.
  • Belonging to the lower ranks.
  • noun. One of the common people or lower ranks: first applied to the common people of ancient Rome, comprising those free citizens who were not descended from the original or patrician families. See plebs.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common
  • noun. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.
  • noun. One of the common people, or lower rank of men.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as plebeian sports;
  • noun. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.
  • noun. One of the common people, or lower rank of men.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. one of the common people
  • adjective. of or associated with the great masses of people
  • Word Usage
    "The term plebeian is used in this study in the sense that it was defined by E.P. Thompson in his discussion of eighteenth-century English society."
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    noble  patrician  
    cross-reference
    coarse  commonplace  low  
    Equivalent
    lowborn  
    Form
    pleb  
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