Word Frequency
plebs (plɛbz
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Definitions
noun
- functioning as plural the common people; the masses
- functioning as singular or plural common people of ancient Rome Compare patrician
Word Origin
C17: from Latin: the common people of ancient RomeExample Sentences Including 'plebs'
Again Sacha grimaces, in an I'm twenty-two and rich and I don't have to be here with all these plebs way:THE CHEEK PERFORATION DANCE (2002)
And us plebs are left opening our doors to guys in boilersuits grunting: "Transco.Sun, News of the World (2002)
Apart from supplying Rome with its pepper, this was the route by which the Egyptian grain arrived and kept the plebs quiescent.SPICE: The History of a Temptation (2004)
But he wouldn't trust it to the plebs - insisted on taking it upstairs.Riot
Give the plebs a couple of quid, says Mount, and they take to sex, drugs and the new BBC.Times, Sunday Times (2004)
Or else I'll borrow one from the plebs and there will be a scandal.NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A Collection of Short Stories
The artistic chattering classes are desperate for the rebranding to succeed - if only the plebs will let it.Spiked
The plebs had to settle for expensive mutual funds that put them at the mercy of their fellow fund unitholders.Globe and Mail (2003)
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