PLEBEIAN


Meaning of PLEBEIAN in English

n. & adj.

n. a commoner, esp. in ancient Rome.

adj. 1 of low birth; of the common people. 2 uncultured. 3 coarse, ignoble. plebeianism n.

[ L plebeius f. plebs plebis the common people ]

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