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Webster 1913 Edition


Plebeian

Ple-be′ian

(plē̍-bē′yan)
,
Adj.
[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

,
Noun.
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 1828 Edition


Plebeian

PLEBE'IAN

,
Adj.
[L. plebeius, from plebs, the common people.]
1.
Pertaining to the common people; vulgar; as plebeian minds; plebeian sports.
2.
Consisting of common people; as a plebeian throng.

PLEBE'IAN

,
Noun.
One of the common people or lower ranks of men. [Usually applied to the common people of ancient Rome.]