plebeian

plebeian
adj
1. lower-class, low-class, proletarian, working class, blue-collar; lowly, low, lowborn* base-born; untitled, inglorious, insignificant, obscure; base, inferior, humble, ignoble, mean, raffish; poor, shabby, tawdry; simple, plain, homespun, homely, peasantlike, provincial, rustic, countrified, earthy, salt-of-the-earth, down to earth.
2. common, ordinary, average, commonplace, undistinguished; mass, of the masses, popular, prevailing, current, of the streets.
3. coarse, raw, rough-hewn, unrefined, unpolished, unsophisticated, low-brow; crude, crass, uncouth, gauche, rude, ill-bred, low-bred, unbred, ill-mannered, unmannerly, unladylike, ungentlemanly, indecorous; churlish, boorish, loutish, brutish; indelicate, immodest, shameless.
n
4. pleb, plebe, proletarian, peasant, commoner, common person, ordinary citizen, the common man, one of the people, average guy, Inf. John Doe, Inf. John Q. Public, Inf. John Smith, Inf. one of the crowd or mob, Inf. man in the street, Sl. Joe Blow, Sl. Joe Doakes.

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  • 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • plebeian — [adj] base, lower class banal, coarse, common, conventional, humble, ignoble, low, lowborn, lowly, mean, ordinary, pedestrian, popular, proletarian, traditional, uncultivated, unrefined, unsophisticated, unwashed*, vulgar, working class; concept… …   New thesaurus

  • Plebeian — Ple*be ian, n. 1. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from {patrician}. [1913 Webster] 2. One of the common people, or lower rank of men. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • plebeian — index ordinary, uncouth Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • plebeian — 1530s, from L. plebeius “belonging to the plebs (see PLEBIAN (Cf. plebian)). Originally in English in a Roman historical sense; in general use from 1580s …   Etymology dictionary

  • plebeian — ► NOUN 1) (in ancient Rome) a commoner. 2) a member of the lower social classes. ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to the plebeians of ancient Rome. 2) lower class or lacking in refinement. ORIGIN from Latin plebs the common people …   English terms dictionary

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  • plebeian — plebeianism, n. plebeianly, adv. plebeianness, n. /pli bee euhn/, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the common people. 2. of, pertaining to, or belonging to the ancient Roman plebs. 3. common, commonplace, or vulgar: a plebeian joke. n. 4. a… …   Universalium

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