Definitions for: Plebeian

[n] one of the common people
[adj] of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate"
[adj] 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

Synonyms: common, lowborn, pleb, unwashed, vulgar

Antonyms: patrician, proletarian, propertyless

See Also: common man, common people, common person, commoner, folk, lowbrow, middle-class, philistine

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