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   plebeian

   /plɪˈbiːən/

   noun

   • 1. (in ancient Rome) a commoner.
   • ▪ a member of the lower social classes: "the feeling was shared by plebeians, gentry, and clergy"

   adjective

   • 1. of or belonging to the commoners of ancient Rome.
   • ▪ of or belonging to the lower social classes: "two dancers, one royal and one plebeian" Similar lower-classlow-classworking-classproletariancommonpeasantmeanhumblelowlylowof low birthlow-bornlow-rankingignobleundistinguishedarchaic:basebornOpposite aristocraticnoblepatrician
   • ▪ lacking in refinement: "he is a man of plebeian tastes" Similar uncultureduncultivatedunrefinedlowbrowphilistineuneducatedunpolishedprovincialrusticcoarseuncouthcrasscommonvulgarbaseboorishgrossinformal:plebbynon-Urare:illiberalOpposite refinedcultivatedsophisticated

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin plebeius (from plebs, pleb- ‘the common people’) + -an.

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