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pleb
/plɛb/
noun 3adj 2
Collocations
3VERB + PLEB
roof
PREP.
from
ADV.
away
Definitions
noun
1
A commoner; a member of the lower class of a society.
2
A common person; an unsophisticated or cultureless person.
You're under my roof, you pleb.
3
A freshman cadet at a military academy.
I found some of the novices, plebs they are called, home-sick, and weary with their discipline.
At Annapolis, the natives are crabs, the freshmen plebs, the sophomores youngsters.
adj
1
Of or concerning the lower class of a society.
2
Undistinguished, commonplace, unsophisticated, vulgar, coarse.
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Synonyms
noun — one of the common people
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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You're under my roof, you pleb.
Wiktionary02
I found some of the novices, plebs they are called, home-sick, and weary with their discipline.
Wiktionary03
At Annapolis, the natives are crabs, the freshmen plebs, the sophomores youngsters.
Wiktionary04
Stay away from that pleb.
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