as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
wondered what the people at the country club would think of his plebeian origins
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Recent Examples of plebeian
Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 4 Aug. 2023
Wide fenders, a menacing front fascia, and GR Corolla–specific wheels are only the tip of the iceberg that separates Toyota's hottest hatch from its more plebeian Corolla sibling.
—Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 1 Apr. 2022
Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
For us plebeians, riding a ski resort gondola means adhering to a lengthy set of rules.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
View Photos These plebeian sedans don't exhibit the manic price inflation seen in much of the automotive market.
—Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 4 Aug. 2023
Wide fenders, a menacing front fascia, and GR Corolla–specific wheels are only the tip of the iceberg that separates Toyota's hottest hatch from its more plebeian Corolla sibling.
—Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 1 Apr. 2022
Noun
The first is the secession of the plebeians, where commoners staged a walkout in protest of unfair treatment by the ruling class.
—Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
For us plebeians, riding a ski resort gondola means adhering to a lengthy set of rules.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
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Those numbers are stunningly low, especially for someone who fights through what some of the best checkers and two-way players around have to offer.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Monthly payments — with everything else being equal — are lower for inventory that has been discounted.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Later in the novel, Hans’s mind turns to the brutality of occupation: If in the course of a five-day plan, 200,000 Berliners were removed by 50,000, these 50,000 proletarians would be fused into a collective by the shock of having killed.—
Rumaan Alam,
The New Republic,
21 June 2023
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As a proudly class-conscious proletarian, Martin is naturally supportive of worker strikes.—
J. Hoberman,
The New York Review of Books,
22 Oct. 2020
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Glen Cavaliero, a fellow commoner at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and president of the Powys Society, was intrigued by a reference to Paul in Powys’s letters, tracked her books down, and included her in his study of English supernatural fiction for Oxford University Press.—
Joanna Biggs,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Feb. 2024
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Obasi can’t stand the stench of this alien — who's also a commoner, to boot — and solves the inconvenience by handing him off to his queen Eshe (Thandiwe Newton), who'll raise him in the company of the pride’s females.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The Type 2 sits among some of the more humble and accessible classics.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Even Bend feels changed, its population surging, its character shifting, the way humble towns do when they are discovered by outsiders.—
John Branch,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Occasionally, like tonight, a chiseled pleb or square-jawed gym owner will pass muster, taking her to some exclusive club in Tribeca.—
Seija Rankin,
EW.com,
29 Apr. 2021
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But because these monsters have yet to develop any fungal armor, runners are susceptible to gunshots, knives, and any other weaponry that would take out your average pleb.—
Lauren Puckett-Pope,
ELLE,
20 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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But on this southern front of the Trump empire, Palm Beach County, Donald Trump is flirting with ignoble defeat.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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This is something of an ignoble cap to one of the worst years of Rodgers' illustrious career.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Luka Dončić strained his calf Christmas Day against these Timberwolves, and Dallas has gone 4-10 without him, including losses to the lowly Pelicans and Hornets.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Wright was among the game’s best all-around players for a decade, serving as a Gold Glove third baseman, a perennial .300 hitter with power and speed, almost single-handedly keeping the lowly New York Mets out of the gutter.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This series finds Allen as Matt, a widower, everyman and possessor of Fox News opinions.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2025
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The film is about this everyman finding his inner hero.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
31 Oct. 2024
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“Plebeian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plebeian. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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