Plebeian
11plebeian — 1. adjective /pləˈbiː.ən/ a) Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people. They were all from the ghetto, a plebeian throng. b) Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as plebeian sports; 2. noun /pləˈbiː.ən/ a) One of the …
12plebeian — I UK [pləˈbiːən] / US [pləˈbɪən] adjective typical of someone from a low social class, rather than of someone who is from a higher social class or well educated. This word is usually used in an insulting way plebeian tastes II UK [pləˈbiːən] / US …
13plebeian — ple|be|ian1 [plıˈbi:ən] adj relating to ordinary people and what they like, rather than to people from a high social class used to show disapproval ▪ a man with plebeian tastes plebeian 2 plebeian2 n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: plebeius,… …
14plebeian — ple|be|ian1 [ plə biən ] adjective typical of someone from a low social class, rather than of someone who is from a higher social class or well educated. This word is usually used in an insulting way: plebeian tastes plebeian ple|be|ian 2 [ plə… …
15plebeian — 1. noun plebeians and gentry lived together Syn: proletarian, commoner, working class person, worker; peasant; informal pleb, prole Ant: aristocrat 2. adjective 1) people of plebeian descent Syn: lower class, working class …
16PLEBEIAN — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. [pluh BEE un] common, lower class, vulgar. He objected to her plebeian lifestyle. SYN.: common, low, ignoble, humble, working class, proletarian, pedestrian, mean, uncultivated, coarse, vulgar. ANT.: aristocratic,… …
17plebeian — [16] The plēbs were the ‘common people’ of ancient Rome (the word may connected with Greek pléthos ‘multitude’, a relative of English plethora). English gets plebeian from its derived adjective plēbēius. The connotations of ‘lower classness’ have …
18plebeian — noun (C) 1 an insulting word for someone who is from a low social class 2 an ordinary person who had no special rank in ancient Rome compare patrician plebeian adjective …
19plebeian — /pləˈbiən / (say pluh beeuhn) adjective 1. belonging or relating to the ancient Roman plebs. 2. belonging or relating to the common people. 3. common, commonplace, or vulgar. –noun 4. a member of the Roman plebs. 5. a plebeian person. {Latin… …
20plebeian — [16] The plēbs were the ‘common people’ of ancient Rome (the word may connected with Greek pléthos ‘multitude’, a relative of English plethora). English gets plebeian from its derived adjective plēbēius. The connotations of ‘lower classness’ have …
