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plebeian |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plebeian \Ple*be"ian\ (pl[-e]*b[=e]"yan), a. [L. plebeius from plebs, plebis, the common people: cf F. pl['e]b['e]ien.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people. 2. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as plebeian sports; a plebeian throng. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plebeian \Ple*be"ian\, n. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: plebeian adj 1: of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate" [ant: {proletarian}, {patrician}] 2: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn: {common}, {vulgar}, {unwashed}] n : one of the common people [syn: {pleb}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing but his hands. Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a saturated solution.
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