Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plebeian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plebeian \Ple*be"ian\ (pl[-e]*b[=e]"yan), a. [L. plebeius, from
plebs, plebis, the common people: cf. F. pl['e]b['e]ien.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plebeian \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plebeian
adj 1: of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian
magistrate" [ant: {proletarian}, {patrician}]
2: 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"
[syn: {common}, {vulgar}, {unwashed}]
n : one of the common people [syn: {pleb}]
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