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plebe
/plib/
noun 4
Collocations
2ADJ.
free
PLEBE + NOUN
multitude
Definitions
noun
1
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]: […]
2
The plebs, the plebeian class.
All other roomes were free for the plebe or multitude.
3
The similar lower class of any area.
4
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."
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noun — a military trainee (as at a military academy)
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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 we
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All other roomes were free for the plebe or multitude.
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My drill master, a young stripling, told me I was not so ‘gross’ as most other pleibs, the name of all new cadets.
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