"pleb" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /plɛb/ Audio: En-au-pleb.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛb Etymology: A clipping of plebeian and plebe, sometimes also understood as a back-formation from plebs. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pleh₁-}}, {{clipping|en|plebeian|nocap=a}} clipping of plebeian, {{back-form|en|nocap=1}} back-formation Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pleb (not comparable)
  1. Of or concerning the lower class of a society. Tags: not-comparable
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  2. (derogatory) Undistinguished, commonplace, unsophisticated, vulgar, coarse. Tags: derogatory, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-pleb-en-adj-poFXJEj6 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 29 19 25 8 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 21 26 11 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 25 18 23 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 23 23 16 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 27 19 22 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 26 20 21 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 25 20 24 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 18 25 21 18 19

Noun

IPA: /plɛb/ Audio: En-au-pleb.ogg Forms: plebs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛb Etymology: A clipping of plebeian and plebe, sometimes also understood as a back-formation from plebs. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pleh₁-}}, {{clipping|en|plebeian|nocap=a}} clipping of plebeian, {{back-form|en|nocap=1}} back-formation Head templates: {{en-noun}} pleb (plural plebs)
  1. A commoner, a member of the lower class of a society. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-pleb-en-noun-tlBmsTst Disambiguation of People: 1 30 39 0 31 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 29 19 25 8 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 21 26 11 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 25 18 23 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 23 23 16 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 26 20 21 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 25 20 24 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 18 25 21 18 19
  2. (derogatory) A common person, an unsophisticated or cultureless person. Tags: derogatory Translations (common person): պլեբեյ (plebey) (Armenian), ռամիկ (ṙamik) (Armenian), rahvas (Finnish), prole (Finnish), Prolet [masculine] (German), عامی ('âmmi) (Persian), ralé [feminine] (Portuguese), gentalha [feminine] (Portuguese), plebe [feminine] (Portuguese), [masculine] (Portuguese), бы́дло (býdlo) [masculine] (Russian), mandado [masculine] (Spanish), plebeyo [masculine] (Spanish), ไพร่ (prâi) (Thai), просто́люд (prostóljud) [collective, masculine] (Ukrainian), простолю́ддя (prostoljúddja) [collective, neuter] (Ukrainian), просто́лю́дин (prostóljúdyn) [masculine, rare] (Ukrainian)
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  3. (US, slang, usually derogatory) A freshman cadet at a military academy. Tags: US, derogatory, slang, usually
    Sense id: en-pleb-en-noun--FBP0hmP Categories (other): American English, English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 29 19 25 8 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 21 26 11 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 25 18 23 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 23 23 16 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 26 20 21 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 25 20 24 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 18 25 21 18 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prole, plebe, plebeian Related terms: plebe, plebeian, plebs

Inflected forms

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