PLEBEIAN

plebeian

Noun

  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.

Adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.
  2. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as plebeian sports;
    They were all from the ghetto, a plebeian throng.


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