PLEBEIAN


Meaning of PLEBEIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pləbi:ən ]

also plebian

1.

A person, especially one from an earlier period of history, who is plebeian , comes from a low social class.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

2.

If someone describes something as plebeian , they think that it is unsophisticated and connected with or typical of people from a low social class. ( FORMAL )

...a philosophy professor with a cockney accent and an alarmingly plebeian manner...

= common

≠ genteel

ADJ : usu ADJ n [ disapproval ]

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