plebeian (redirected from Plebeians)

ple·be·ian  (pl-bn)

adj.

1. Of or relating to the common people of ancient Rome: a plebeian magistrate.

2. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of commoners.

3. Unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar: plebeian tastes.

n.

1. One of the common people of ancient Rome.

2. A member of the lower classes.

3. A vulgar or coarse person.

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[From Latin plbius, from plbs, plb-, the common people; see pel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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ple·beian·ism n.

ple·beian·ly adv.

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plebeian [pləˈbiːən]

adj

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, relating to, or characteristic of the common people, esp those of Rome

2. lacking refinement; vulgar plebeian tastes

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) one of the common people, esp one of the Roman plebs

2. a person who is coarse or lacking in discernment

[from Latin plēbēius belonging to the people, from plēbs the common people of ancient Rome]

plebeianism  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plebeian - one of the common people pleb common people, folk, folks - people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next" common man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no title anti-intellectual, lowbrow, philistine - a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
Adj.	1.	plebeian - 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" unwashed, vulgar, common lowborn - of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor"

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plebeian

adjective

1. common, working-class, lower-class, proletarian, ignoble, lowborn a man who rose to greatness but never forgot his plebeian past
common upper-class, aristocratic, high-class, patrician, highborn

2. uncultivated, mean, low, base, coarse, vulgar, unrefined, non-U (Brit. informal) He had a cockney accent and an alarmingly plebeian manner.
uncultivated polished, refined, cultivated, well-bred

noun

commoner, peasant, proletarian, common man, man in the street, pleb, prole (derogatory slang, chiefly Brit.) the history of class struggles, plebeians against patricians

Translations

plebeian [plɪˈbiːən]

A. ADJ → plebeyo (pej) → ordinario

B. N → plebeyo/a m/f

plebeian

adj → plebejisch

n → Plebejer(in) m(f)

plebeian [plɪˈbiːən] adj & n → plebeo/a