PLEBEIAN

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.

2.
a.

Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng.

3.
n.

One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.

4.
n.

One of the common people, or lower rank of men.


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