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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pleb |
| Type of | commoner, common man, common person |
| Has types | anti-intellectual, lowbrow, philistine |
Examples of plebeian
plebeian
Today's Buick is no longer a plebeian ride, a middling coach for Middle America.
From the washingtonpost.com
Plebeian Tribunes were also personally sacrosanct during their period in office.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Ultimately, the plebeian tribune's veto was based in a promise of physical force.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Even plebeian beer has long since acquired its own stout band of connoisseurs.
From the time.com
Champagne lovers tend to shun prosecco as plebeian, simple, and overly fruity.
From the newsweek.com
Meanwhile luxury boutiques are snubbing their noses at such plebeian pastimes.
From the economist.com
The central conflict of the play is a plebeian foray into patrician territory.
From the time.com
Thus, each plebeian family belonged to the same curia as did its patrician patron.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The brothers were born to a plebeian branch of the old and noble Sempronia family.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- 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). ...
- (Plebeius (genus)) Plebejus (also spelled Plebeius) is a genus of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. Many genera formerly considered independent are at least tentatively included here nowadays, and some others - Agriades, Albulina, Icaricia, Aricia, and Lycaeides - may belong herein too.
- (Plebeians) Ordinary citizens of early Roman Republic, owning small amounts of land. Used in later times to describe poorer section of urban population, or simply those of lower class upbringing.
- (plebeians) Ordinary citizens; originally those Roman families that could not trace their relationship to one of the major Roman clans. (p. 153)
- A member of the lower class of ancient Roman society.
