PLEBEIAN


Meaning of PLEBEIAN in English

also plebian

1.

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

ADJ: usu ADJ n

2.

If someone describes something as ~, 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 ~ manner...

= common

? genteel

ADJ: usu ADJ n disapproval

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