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noun (plural plebs) |
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1. ancient hist
Same as plebeiann (sense 1)
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2. U.K. somebody regarded as ill-educated: an offensive term for an ill-educated and unrefined person, especially somebody from a lower social class
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3. U.S. military
Same as plebe
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plural noun plebs |
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common people of ancient Rome: the ordinary citizens of ancient Rome, as distinct from the patricians
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| [Mid-17th century. Originally < plural Latin plebs "Roman plebs," later also shortening of plebeian] |
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