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adj
Of or concerning the lower class of a society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Undistinguished, commonplace, unsophisticated, vulgar, coarse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, not-comparable
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noun
A commoner; a member of the lower class of a society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A common person; an unsophisticated or cultureless person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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noun
A freshman cadet at a military academy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, derogatory, slang, usually
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noun
one of the common people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: plebeian
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Broader terms: commoner, common man, common person
Narrower terms: philistine, anti-intellectual, lowbrow
History
A clipping of plebeian and plebe, sometimes also understood as a back-formation from plebs.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
