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Plebe [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The common people; the mob.

2. A member of the lowest class in the military academy at West Point.

Plebeian [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Pertaining to the common people; vulgar; as plebeian minds; plebeian sports.

2. Consisting of common people; as a plebeian throng.

Plebeian [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One of the common people or lower ranks of men. [Usually applied to the common people of ancient Rome.]

Plebeian [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.

2. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng.

Plebeian [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.

2. One of the common people, or lower rank of men.

Plebeiance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The common people. [Not in use.]

Plebeiance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Plebeianism [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The quality or state of being plebeian.

2. The conduct or manners of plebeians; vulgarity.

Plebeianize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To render plebeian, common, or vulgar.

Plebeianized [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Plebeianizing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Plebeians Encyclopedia Britannica

PLEBEIANS. See Nobility and Rome.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 19, p. 220
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