 plebeian |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] (Roman antiquity) of the common people of ancient Rome | |
| Examples: | "a plebeian magistrate" |
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| Related terms: | proletarian patrician middle-class middle-class | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] of or associated with the great masses of people | |
| Synonyms: | common unwashed vulgar | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | lowborn | |
| 3. | [ noun ] one of the common people | |
| Synonyms: | pleb | |
| Related terms: | commoner philistine folk | |
| Similar spelling: |
Pluvianus |
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