PLEBEIAN

common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed

(adjective) 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”

plebeian, pleb

(noun) one of the common people

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

plebeian (plural plebeians)

(historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.

Synonyms: commoner, pleb, plebe

Antonym: patrician

A commoner, particularly (pejorative) a low, vulgar person.

Synonyms: commoner, villain, peasant, nobody

Antonyms: noble, aristocrat

Adjective

plebeian (comparative more plebeian, superlative most plebeian)

(historical) Of or concerning the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.

Of or concerning the common people.

Common, particularly (pejorative) vulgar, crude, coarse, uncultured.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to the common people): vulgar, common, popular

Antonyms

• (of or pertaining to the common people): noble, aristocratic

Source: Wiktionary

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Ple*be"ian, a. Etym: [L. plebeius, from plebs, plebis, the common people: cf. F. plébéien.]

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.

Ple*be"ian, n.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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