PLEBEIAN
\pləbˈiːən], \pləbˈiːən], \p_l_ə_b_ˈiː__ə_n]\
Definitions of PLEBEIAN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.
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Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng.
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One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.
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One of the common people, or lower rank of men.
By Oddity Software
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Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.
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Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng.
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One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.
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One of the common people, or lower rank of men.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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Pertaining to or consisting of the common people: popular.
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Orig. one of the common people of ancient Rome, or those free citizens who did not come under the class of the patricians.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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