plebe

A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens.

Another the like was among the Romanes of Patricij & plebes, thone ſtriuing with thother a long time, the patricij many yeares excluding the plebes from bearing rule, vntill at laſt all magiſtrates were made cõmon [common] betweene thẽ [them]: […]

The plebs, the plebeian class.

All other roomes were free for the plebe or multitude.

The similar lower class of any area.

A freshman cadet at a military academy.

My drill master, a young stripling, told me I was not so ‘gross’ as most other pleibs, the name of all new cadets.

"But is a plebe forbidden to stroll here?" "If a plebe did have the brass to try it," replied Anstey slowly, "I reckon he would have to fight the whole yearling class in turn."