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Plebeian
plebeian
also plebian 1. A person, especially one from an earlier period of history, who is plebeian, comes from a low social class. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If someone describes something as plebeian, they think that it is unsophisticated and connected with or typical of people from a low social class. (FORMAL) ...a philosophy professor with a cockney accent and an alarmingly plebeian manner... = common ? genteel ADJ: usu ADJ n c darkgreen]disapproval
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I. noun Etymology: Latin plebeius of the common people, from plebs common people Date: 1533 1. a member of the Roman plebs 2. one of the common people • ~ism noun II. adjective Date: 1566 1. of or relating to ~s 2. crude or coarse in manner or style ; common • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. a commoner, esp. in ancient Rome. --adj. 1 of low birth; of the common people. 2 uncultured. 3 coarse, ignoble. Derivatives plebeianism n. Etymology: L plebeius f. plebs plebis the common people ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. ист. плебей 2. презр. плебей, простолюдин 3. ист. плебейский 4. презр. плебейский, простой, неблагородный 5. грубый, вульгарный plebeian joke —- грубая шутка ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 an insulting word for someone who is from a low social class 2 an ordinary person who had no special rank in ancient Rome (- compare patrician) - plebeian adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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