Definition of Plebiean
Ple*be"ian (pl&esl;*bē"yan),
a. [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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained
nothing but his hands. Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a
saturated solution.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.
- Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as plebeian sports;
- They were all from the ghetto, a plebeian throng.
- One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.
- A pejorative name given to newcomers pledging in certain Greek college fraternities and, sometimes, military organizations
- "Step over here, pleb, and tie my shoe!"
- One of the common people, or lower rank of men.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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