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plebeian
/pləˈbiən/
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What does plebeian mean?
noun
- A commoner, particularly (derogatory) a low, vulgar person.
adjective
- Of or concerning the common people.
- Common, particularly (derogatory) vulgar, crude, coarse, uncultured.
More meanings (2)
noun
- (historical) A member of the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.
adjective
- (historical) Of or concerning the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.
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IPA pronunciation
/pləˈbiən/
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Who can wonder at the hostility of the French plebeian classes towards the aristocracy in the days of the Revolution?
Though in his own country he is regarded as plebeian, just a common cur, he is by no means a mongrel.
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But these associations invested this plebeian fish with something of a religious character, which he has never quite lost, in my mind.
The plebeian, who takes his pleasure on no day but Sunday, jostles the patrician, who takes his, from year’s end to year’s end.
The house was packed, both in the smart orchestra boxes and the pit, as well as in the more plebeian balconies and galleries above.