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The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics.
Richard Rorty

Meaning of "plebeian" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLEBEIAN

From Latin plēbēius belonging to the people, from plēbs the common people of ancient Rome.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PLEBEIAN

plebeian  [pləˈbiːən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLEBEIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plebeian can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PLEBEIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Plebs

In ancient Rome, the plebs was the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census. Shopkeepers, crafts people, and skilled or unskilled workers might be plebeian. From the 4th century BC or earlier, some of the most prominent and wealthy Roman families, as identified by their gens name, were of plebeian status. Literary references to the plebs, however, usually mean the ordinary citizens of Rome as a collective, as distinguished from the elite—a sense retained by "plebeian" in English. In the very earliest days of Rome, plebeians were any tribe without advisers to the King. In time, the word - which is related to the Greek word for crowd, plethos - came to mean the common people.

Definition of plebeian in the English dictionary

The first definition of plebeian in the dictionary is of, relating to, or characteristic of the common people, esp those of Rome. Other definition of plebeian is lacking refinement; vulgar. Plebeian is also one of the common people, esp one of the Roman plebs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLEBEIAN


Aegean
iːˈdʒiːən
aeon
ˈiːən
African-Caribbean
ˌæfrɪkənˌkærəˈbiːən
amoebaean
ˌæmɪˈbiːən
amoebean
ˌæmɪˈbiːən
Behan
ˈbiːən
Caribbean
ˌkærɪˈbiːən
chalybean
ˌkælɪˈbiːən
eon
ˈiːən
Fijian
fiːˈdʒiːən
Korean
kəˈriːən
lien
ˈliːən
Maccabean
ˌmækəˈbiːən
pantheon
pænˈθiːən
polyphloesboean
ˌpɒlɪfliːsˈbiːən
Sabaean
səˈbiːən
Sabean
səˈbiːən
scarabaean
ˌskærəˈbiːən
sien
ˈsiːən
Tupian
tuːˈpiːən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLEBEIAN

pleat
pleated
pleater
pleather
pleatless
pleb
plebbier
plebbiest
plebby
plebe
plebeianise
plebeianism
plebeianize
plebeianly
plebification
plebify
plebiscitary
plebiscite
plebs
plecopteran

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLEBEIAN

Asian
Australian
Berkeleian
Bodleian
Brian
Canadian
Cassiopeian
Christian
gypseian
Hungarian
hygeian
Indian
Indonesian
Italian
lesbian
peripeteian
pharmacopoeian
Rugbeian
Russian
Transkeian

Synonyms and antonyms of plebeian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PLEBEIAN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «plebeian» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of plebeian

Translation of «plebeian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLEBEIAN

Find out the translation of plebeian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of plebeian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plebeian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

平民
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plebeya
570 millions of speakers

English

plebeian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सर्वसाधारण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العامي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плебей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

plebeu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাকৃত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plébéien
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Plebeian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Plebejer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

平民
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

평민
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plebeian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiện dân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாதாரணமானவன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुद्द्वार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

plep
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

plebeo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

plebejski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

плебей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plebeu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πληβείος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plebejer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plebeian
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plebeian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plebeian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLEBEIAN»

The term «plebeian» is normally little used and occupies the 121.650 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLEBEIAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plebeian

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QUOTES WITH «PLEBEIAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word plebeian.
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Richard Rorty
The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLEBEIAN»

Discover the use of plebeian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plebeian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Workshop of Revolution: Plebeian Buenos Aires and the ...
Workshop of Revolution is a historical account of the economic and political forces that propelled the artisans, free laborers, and slaves of Buenos Aires into Argentina s struggle for independence.
Lyman L. Johnson, 2011
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The Limits of Racial Domination: Plebeian Society in ...
A revealing look at the economic lives of the urban poor in the colonial era, The Limits of Racial Domination examines a period in which critical social changes were occurring. The book should interest historians and ethnohistorians alike.
R. Douglas Cope, 1994
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The plebeian republic: the Huanta rebellion and the making ...
Examines the politics of a 19th c. peasant revolt in Peru, looking at the organization and practice of government by the rebels to examine what a largely illiterate population understood by terms such as "nation" and showing the rebellion's ...
Cecilia Méndez G., 2005
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Reluctant Modernization: Plebeian Culture and Moral Economy ...
Three institutions that are of particular importance to Basque history and culture form the main subject of this book: the baserria (the Basque farmstead), the cofradia (the fraternity of fishermen) and the txoko (gastronomic society).
Andreas Hess, 2009
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The Plebeian Republic: The Huanta Rebellion and the Making ...
7. The. Plebeian. Republic. In 1838, on passing through that location [the Huanta punas], the Protector Grand Marshal General Santa Cruz presented a general's uniform to one indian Huachaca.—El Debate, November 6, 1896 The Huanta ...
Cecilia Méndez, 2005
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A Magnificent Plebeian
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Julia Magruder, 2011
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Plebeian Power: Collective Action and Indigenous, ...
Collective Action and Indigenous, Working-Class and Popular Identities in Bolivia Álvaro García Linera. The great corporatist spirit of Bolivian unionism was born from the cohesion and leadership of a core consisting of the master-tradesman, ...
Álvaro García Linera, 2014
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Patrician and Plebeian Or the Origin and Development of the ...
Forty-seven years have passed since this volume was first published; in that time a mass of source material has been made available to the historian and numerous books on early Virginia history have been published.
Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker, 2010
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The Governance of ROME
All Roman citizens were voters in both assemblies.10 The old patrician order had given way to the new merged patrician-plebeian nobility of office-holders and office-holding families. Parallel with this interpenetration of the classes runs the ...
K. Loewenstein, 1973
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The Secret History of Gender: Women, Men, and Power in Late ...
The. Plebeian. Center. Struggling. Women. and. Wayward. Patriarchs. in. Mexico. City. BREAKING POINTS: TALES OF DESPERATION AND INVERSION Don Joachim Villagran, an imprisoned Mexico City tailor, vented his bitterness that ...
Steve J. Stern, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLEBEIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plebeian is used in the context of the following news items.
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How the man from Toyota's 'Five Whys' could help the Labour party
In Scotland, of those who voted, 55% of people in the referendum, and 50% on 7 May, voted for a party offering a left, plebeian break from ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Paradise on your plate: A gourmet guide to Kashmir
Every region of India has its own highly evolved cuisine with a unique character that manifests itself in both formal feasts and more plebeian ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
3
Young at heart Sinatra-fied Shakespeare hits home in Hoboken
... recites early in the play, the craftsmen have dreams of transcending their plebeian state and becoming contenders for fame and fortune. «The Hudson Reporter, Jul 15»
4
A Thank You Note For Ohio State
This is the kind of class that sets the B1G apart from the plebeian conferences. The real problem with Braxton Miller coming to Alabama is that it ... «BamaHammer, Jul 15»
5
Want a new Xiaomi phone? In Singapore, Uber will deliver it to your …
... just too plebeian for you? Lucky for you, on one day — July 27 — you can have a Xiaomi Mi Note delivered to your door via an Uber vehicle. «Mashable, Jul 15»
6
Trump's Tough Guy Appeal
Pride in guts, ” said Rieder, “marked the exuberance of the plebeian who had launched a strike against powerful interests.” Does that sound ... «National Review Online, Jul 15»
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Ask John Neely Bryan: Why Can't Businesses Place Signs on …
Nay, more than that, they eschew such plebeian concerns. It is therefore fortunate for you that I am well versed enough in intellectual matters ... «D Magazine, Jul 15»
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Vincenzo Ferrone finds high-flown fictions in the age of reason
... Enlightenment which he traces to some plebeian followers of Baruch Spinoza in the Dutch republic in about the middle of the 17th century. «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
9
2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Dares to Defy
At the moment, the power plant gets the message and absolutely roars — surging the car ahead of Plebeian traffic with irresistible suddenness. «Crave Online, Jul 15»
10
a mouthful of heaven
And therein lies a dichotomy: the biryani is the epitome of refined cooking, but at the same time, is the most plebeian of dishes too! Doubtful ... «mydigitalfc.com, Jul 15»

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