as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
wondered what the people at the country club would think of his plebeian origins
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Recent Examples of plebeian
Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
View Photos These plebeian sedans don't exhibit the manic price inflation seen in much of the automotive market.
—Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 4 Aug. 2023
Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
For us plebeians, riding a ski resort gondola means adhering to a lengthy set of rules.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
Skeptics might shrug their shoulders at this plebeian fare.
—Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
View Photos These plebeian sedans don't exhibit the manic price inflation seen in much of the automotive market.
—Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 4 Aug. 2023
Noun
The first is the secession of the plebeians, where commoners staged a walkout in protest of unfair treatment by the ruling class.
—Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
For us plebeians, riding a ski resort gondola means adhering to a lengthy set of rules.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plebeian
Adjective
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Even though the amount of each check is lower, investing it in the stock market, which averages an annual return of 10%, could make up for that loss and more.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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In the Miami area, prices are 12 cents a gallon lower than a month ago and nearly 32 cents lower than a year ago.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Later in the novel, Hans’s mind turns to the brutality of occupation: If in the course of a five-day plan, 200,000 Berliners were removed by 50,000, these 50,000 proletarians would be fused into a collective by the shock of having killed.—
Rumaan Alam,
The New Republic,
21 June 2023
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As a proudly class-conscious proletarian, Martin is naturally supportive of worker strikes.—
J. Hoberman,
The New York Review of Books,
22 Oct. 2020
Noun
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Of course, the couture and Paris go hand in hand, so WWD Weekend also looks at a way even commoners can enjoy a feast meant for royalty thanks to Alain Ducasse, or the lucky can stay in the private apartment of one of the City of Light’s premier restaurants, La Tour d’Argent.—
James Fallon,
WWD,
22 Feb. 2025
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The study showed that the organization of the city suggested a distinctly communal atmosphere in which commoners and elite political decision-makers worked to expand and improve the city.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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By the time Napoleon invaded Egypt, in 1798, Alexandria had become a humble Ottoman port.—
Hannah Edgar,
ARTnews.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Instead, Ram is using the humble 3.6 L Pentastar V6.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Occasionally, like tonight, a chiseled pleb or square-jawed gym owner will pass muster, taking her to some exclusive club in Tribeca.—
Seija Rankin,
EW.com,
29 Apr. 2021
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But because these monsters have yet to develop any fungal armor, runners are susceptible to gunshots, knives, and any other weaponry that would take out your average pleb.—
Lauren Puckett-Pope,
ELLE,
20 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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But on this southern front of the Trump empire, Palm Beach County, Donald Trump is flirting with ignoble defeat.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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This is something of an ignoble cap to one of the worst years of Rodgers' illustrious career.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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More news: Cowboys Predicted to Target Free Agent Pro Bowl Running Back The Dolphins were trounced in their final game of the regular season by the lowly New York Jets in a game that was indicative of the entire season.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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The show then positions him as a lowly subordinate to his rich half-siblings throughout the season, a choice made more noxious by how the script uses his working-class roots as the basis for jokes at his expense.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The role captured all of his ironic charm and misanthropic appeal within the kind of debonair character that the perennial everyman had never quite shown us before.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
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Ditto a downtrodden everyman who’s left his white-collar job in Quebec to reluctantly return to Winnipeg.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Plebeian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plebeian. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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