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How to pronounce pleb in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms plebeian
Type of common person, common man, commoner
Has types philistine, lowbrow, anti-intellectual
Derivation plebeian

Examples of pleb

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If a pleb like me can grasp the bleedin'obvious why can't our so-called leaders?
From the independent.co.uk
Then, we were supposed to be happy about Prince William getting married to a pleb.
From the hecklerspray.com
At last they have at the helm someone even the Tory chief whip cannot call a pleb.
From the guardian.co.uk
What about a cull of the inconsiderate pleb humans who litter the streets?
From the theargus.co.uk
He has a point though, sadly would you trust coppers now after pleb gate?
From the theargus.co.uk
All he did was make the mistake of calling a pleb a pleb and he has just about apologised.
From the guardian.co.uk
At heart I'm really just a bit of a pleb who never did any basic Latin.
From the guardian.co.uk
Any pleb can claim to be an expert and post information on a website.
From the techcrunch.com
Then Willie could say pleb and maybe kick him a few times, to show it is completely normal?
From the guardian.co.uk
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  • Plebeian: one of the common people
  • The plebs were the general body of Roman citizens (as distinguished from slaves) in Ancient Rome. They were distinct from the higher order of the patricians. A member of the plebs was known as a plebeian (plebeius). ...
  • A common person, one who is out of one's class at an event or gathering
  • (Plebs) Originally those Roman citizens who were not patricians, but has come to refer to those in the lower social orders.
  • An umbrella term for a number of hardware and software initiatives which include the development of a credit-card sized StrongARM prototype for embedded systems and Catapult - a replacement bootloader for Blob.