Plebeian

  • 21Plebeian Council — Ancient Rome This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Ancient Rome Periods …

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  • 22plebeian — I. noun Etymology: Latin plebeius of the common people, from plebs common people Date: 1533 1. a member of the Roman plebs 2. one of the common people • plebeianism noun II. adjective Date: 1566 …

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  • 23plebeian — Synonyms and related words: Babbittish, Cockney, Everyman, John Smith, Philistine, average man, base, baseborn, below the salt, bourgeois, brutish, campy, coarse, cockney, common, common man, commoner, commonplace, crass, gauche, general, high… …

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  • 24plebeian — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unrefined, ill bred, common, vulgar; lowborn, obscure, proletarian. See populace. Ant., refined, noble, highborn. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. vulgar, ordinary, coarse; see common 1 , conventional 1 …

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  • 25plebeian —  Common, vulgar, of the lower classes …

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  • 26plebeian — ple·be·ian || plɪ bɪːən n. pleb, common man, member of the lower class; member of the common class (in ancient Rome) adj. common, lower class; coarse, unrefined, rude …

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  • 27plebeian — [plɪ bi:ən] noun 1》 (in ancient Rome) a commoner. 2》 a member of the lower social classes. adjective 1》 relating to the plebeians of ancient Rome. 2》 lower class or lacking in refinement. Origin C16: from L. plebeius (from plebs, pleb the common… …

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  • 28plebeian — a. Ignoble, low, mean, base, vulgar, common, popular …

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  • 29plebeian — adj 1. lower class, low class, proletarian, working class, blue collar; lowly, low, lowborn* base born; untitled, inglorious, insignificant, obscure; base, inferior, humble, ignoble, mean, raffish; poor, shabby, tawdry; simple, plain, homespun,… …

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  • 30plebeian — ple·be·ian …

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