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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) :   [ devils ]

  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.
  
  

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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,
        plebeian sports; a plebeian throng.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

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) 2.0 :   [ 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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  plebeian
     Romanian a.
     (l en plebeian)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  plebeian
     a.
     1 (lb en historical) Of or concerning the plebs, the common citizens
  of ancient Rome.
     2 Of or concerning the common people.
     n.
     1 (lb en historical Ancient Rome) A member of the plebs, the common
  citizens of ancient Rome.
     2 A commoner, particularly (lb en pejorative) a low, vulgar person.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  plebeian
     Romanian a.
     (l en plebeian)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  plebeian
     a.
     1 (lb en historical) Of or concerning the plebs, the common citizens
  of ancient Rome.
     2 Of or concerning the common people.
     n.
     1 (lb en historical Ancient Rome) A member of the plebs, the common
  citizens of ancient Rome.
     2 A commoner, particularly (lb en pejorative) a low, vulgar person.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  plebeian
     Englanti a.
     plebeiji liittyvä tai heille ominainen, plebeiji-, plebeijimäinen
     Englanti n.
     plebeiji

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Plebeian /pləbˈiːən/
  العامّي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  plebeian //pliˈbiːən// //plɛˈbiːən// 
  плебейски
  of or pertaining to the common people

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  plebeian //pliˈbiːən// //plɛˈbiːən// 
  плебей
  one of the common people of ancient Rome

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  plebeian /pləbˈiːən/ 
  obyčejný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  plebeian /pləbˈiːən/ 
  plebejský

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  plebeian /pləbˈiːən/
  plebejec

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  plebeian /pləbˈiːən/
  Plebejer  [hist.]
     Synonym: pleb
  
   see: plebeians, plebs
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  plebeian /pləbˈiːən/
  Proletarier , Proletarierin  [pol.]  [soc.]
     Synonyms: working-class person, pleb, proletarian, prole
  
   see: working-class people, plebeians, plebs, proletarians, proles
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  plebeian /pləbˈiːən/
  plebejisch, ungebildet, ungehobelt 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  plebeian //pliˈbiːən// //plɛˈbiːən// 
  rahvaanomainen
  of or pertaining to the common people

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  plebeian //pliˈbiːən// //plɛˈbiːən// 
  plebeiji
  one of the common people of ancient Rome

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  plebeian /pləbˈiːən/
  1. köznépbôl való
  2. közönséges
  3. alantas
  4. plebejus

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  plebeian //pliˈbiːən// //plɛˈbiːən// 
  下賎な, 平民の, 庶民の, 賎しい
  of or pertaining to the common people

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  plebeian //pliˈbiːən// //plɛˈbiːən// 
  下下, 平民, 庶民
  one of the common people of ancient Rome

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  plebeian /plɪ:ˈbi:ən/
  I.    plebejski
  II.    plebejusz

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  plebeian //pliˈbiːən// //plɛˈbiːən// 
  plebejisk
  of or pertaining to the common people

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  plebeian //pliˈbiːən// //plɛˈbiːən// 
  plebej
  one of the common people of ancient Rome

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  plebeian /pləbˈiːən/
  1. adi, bayağı, avama ait
  2. pleplere ait
  3. aşağı tabakadan adam.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/pɫəˈbiən/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  PLEBEIAN. One who is classed among the common people, as distinguished from 
  the nobles. Happily in this country the order of nobles does not exist. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "plebeian":
     Babbittish, Cockney, Everyman, John Smith, Philistine, average man,
     base, baseborn, below the salt, bourgeois, brutish, campy, coarse,
     cockney, common, common man, commoner, commonplace, crass, gauche,
     general, high-camp, homely, homespun, humble, ignoble, inferior,
     kitschy, little fellow, little man, low, low-camp, low-class,
     lowborn, lowbred, lowbrow, lowly, mean, nonclerical, ordinary,
     plain, pleb, pop, popular, proletarian, provincial, public,
     roturier, rude, rustic, shabby-genteel, third-estate, uncouth,
     undistinguished, ungenteel, unpolished, unrefined, unwashed,
     vernacular, vulgar, working-class
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 平民,庶民,大众;
  a. 平民的,一般的,普通的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 平民,庶民,大众
     a. 平民的,一般的,普通的

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