pleb — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A commoner; a member of the lower class of a society.

2. A common person; an unsophisticated or cultureless person.

   Usage

   • Derogatory

   Examples

   You're under my roof, you pleb.

3. A freshman cadet at a military academy.

   Usage

   • US usage
   • Derogatory
   • Slang
   • usually

   Examples

   I found some of the novices, plebs they are called, home-sick, and weary with their discipline.

   At Annapolis, the natives are crabs, the freshmen plebs, the sophomores youngsters.

Adjective

1. Of or concerning the lower class of a society.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

2. Undistinguished, commonplace, unsophisticated, vulgar, coarse.

   Usage

   • Derogatory
   • not-comparable

Noun

1. one of the common people

   Synonyms

   plebeian

   Broader terms

   commonercommon person