plebs
(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.
Origin of plebs
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What was once an incredibly chaotic process for us standard plebs is now as easy as adding any other sticker to a Story post.
Anyone can add links to Instagram Stories now. Here’s how. | John Kennedy | November 2, 2021 | Popular-ScienceMeanwhile the daily tabloid Sun claimed that his chief whip, Andrew Mitchell, had called police officers guarding No. 10 “plebs.”
Sex Scandal Engulfs 10 Downing Street as Feral Press Bites Back | Peter Jukes | June 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe plebs grows threatening by reason of its numbers and the force that numbers carry with them.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueThe 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.
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 1 of 2 | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.
He falls upon the plebs of the open fields, and his bands put everything to fire and to the sword.
The Iron Trevet or Jocelyn the Champion | Eugne SueFor this the Romans thirsted—patricians and plebs alike, rich and poor, man, woman and child.
"Unto Caesar" | Baroness Emmuska Orczy
British Dictionary definitions for plebs
/ (plɛbz) /
(functioning as plural) the common people; the masses
(functioning as singular or plural) common people of ancient Rome: Compare patrician
Origin of plebs
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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