Definitions for plebeian
plɪˈbi ənple·beian

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plebeian, plebadjective

   one of the common people

2. common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashedadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. plebeiannoun

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

2. plebeiannoun

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

3. plebeianadjective

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

4. plebeianadjective

   Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as plebeian sports;

   They were all from the ghetto, a plebeian throng.

5. Etymology: plebeius, from plebs, plebis

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plebeianadjective

   1. Popular; consisting of mean persons.

   As swine are to gardens, so are tumults to parliaments, and plebeian concourses to publick counsels. Charles I .

   2. Belonging to the lower ranks.

   He through the midst unmark’d,
   In shew plebeian angel militant
   Of lowest order. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. x.

   3. Vulgar; low; common.

   To apply notions philosophical to plebeian terms; or to say, where the notions cannot fitly be reconciled, that there wanteth a term or nomenclature for it, as the ancients used, they be but shifts of ignorance. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   The differences of mouldable and not mouldable, scissible and not scissible are plebeian notions. Francis Bacon.

   Dishonour not the vengeance I design’d.
   A queen! and own a base plebeian mind! Dryden.

2. Plebeiannoun

   One of the lower people.

   Etymology: plebeïen, Fr. plebeius, Lat.

   Let him
   Hoist thee up to the shouting plebeians. William Shakespeare.

   You’re plebeians, if they be senators. William Shakespeare.

   Upon the least intervals of peace, the quarrels between the nobles and the plebeians would revive. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plebeian

   In ancient Rome, the plebeians (also called plebs) were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words "commoners". Both classes were hereditary.

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1. plebeian

   A plebeian is a term that originated in ancient Rome, referring to a commoner or an ordinary citizen who was not part of the aristocracy or nobility. In a broader context, it can be used to describe anyone who is considered lower class or unsophisticated.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plebeianadjective

   of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people

2. Plebeianadjective

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

3. Plebeiannoun

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

4. Plebeiannoun

   one of the common people, or lower rank of men

5. Etymology: [L. plebeius, from plebs, plebis, the common people: cf. F. plbien.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plebeian

   plē-bē′an, adj. pertaining to, or consisting of, the common people: popular: vulgar.—n. originally one of the common people of ancient Rome: one of the lower classes.—v.t. Plebei′anise.—ns. Plebei′anism, state of being a plebeian: the conduct or manners of plebeians: vulgarity; Plebificā′tion, the act of making plebeian.—v.t. Pleb′ify, to make plebeian: to vulgarise. [Fr. plébéien—L. plebeius—plebs, plebis, the common people.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of plebeian in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of plebeian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of plebeian in a Sentence

1. A omega despacito:

   Be a omega despacito boi or you plebeian pleb

2. Sir Thomas Browne:

   There is a rabble among the gentry as well as the commonalty; a sort of plebeian heads whose fancy moves with the same wheel as these men?in the same level with mechanics, though their fortunes do sometimes gild their infirmities and their purses compound for their follies.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=plebeian
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Plebeian
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=plebeian
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebeian
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plebeian
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=plebeian