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plebs

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noun

IPA: /plɛbz/

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The correct spelling is plebs. A commoner, a member of the lower class of a society.

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.A commoner, a member of the lower class of a society.
  2. 2.A common person, an unsophisticated or cultureless person.
  3. 3.(usually derogatory) A freshman cadet at a military academy.
  4. 4.The plebeian class of Ancient Rome.
  5. 5.The common people, especially the mob.

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