Associations to the word «Plebeian»

Wiktionary

PLEBEIAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.
PLEBEIAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common.
PLEBEIAN, noun. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.
PLEBEIAN, noun. (archaic) One of the common people, or lower rank of men.

Dictionary definition

PLEBEIAN, noun. One of the common people.
PLEBEIAN, adjective. 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".

Wise words

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