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plebs

[ plebz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

(in ancient Rome) the common people, as contrasted with the patricians and later with the senatorial nobility or the equestrian order.
the common people; the populace.

plebs

/ plɛbz /

functioning as plural the common people; the masses
See patrician
functioning as singular or plural common people of ancient Rome Compare patrician

Origin of plebs¹

First recorded in 1640–50, plebs is from the Latin word plēbs, plēbēs

Origin of plebs¹

C17: from Latin: the common people of ancient Rome

What was once an incredibly chaotic process for us standard plebs is now as easy as adding any other sticker to a Story post.

Meanwhile the daily tabloid Sun claimed that his chief whip, Andrew Mitchell, had called police officers guarding No. 10 “plebs.”

The plebs grows threatening by reason of its numbers and the force that numbers carry with them.

The only other central authority in the state was the king's council or court (eod, witan, plebs, concilium).

To them exclusively the name of populus applied, as that of plebs was given to the plebeians.

He falls upon the plebs of the open fields, and his bands put everything to fire and to the sword.

For this the Romans thirsted—patricians and plebs alike, rich and poor, man, woman and child.

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