See pleb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"A freshman cadet at a military academy."
],
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[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"freshman",
"freshman"
],
[
"cadet",
"cadet"
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[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"academy",
"academy"
]
],
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"(US, slang, usually derogatory) A freshman cadet at a military academy."
],
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}
],
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"ipa": "/plɛb/"
},
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{
"word": "prole"
},
{
"word": "plebe"
},
{
"word": "plebeian"
}
],
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "plebey",
"sense": "common person",
"word": "պլեբեյ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ṙamik",
"sense": "common person",
"word": "ռամիկ"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "common person",
"word": "rahvas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "common person",
"word": "prole"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "common person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Prolet"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "'âmmi",
"sense": "common person",
"word": "عامی"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "common person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ralé"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "common person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gentalha"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "common person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plebe"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "common person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zé"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "býdlo",
"sense": "common person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бы́дло"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "common person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mandado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "common person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plebeyo"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "prâi",
"sense": "common person",
"word": "ไพร่"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prostóljud",
"sense": "common person",
"tags": [
"collective",
"masculine"
],
"word": "просто́люд"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prostoljúddja",
"sense": "common person",
"tags": [
"collective",
"neuter"
],
"word": "простолю́ддя"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prostóljúdyn",
"sense": "common person",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"rare"
],
"word": "просто́лю́дин"
}
],
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"lower social class"
],
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"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleh₁-",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɛb",
"Rhymes:English/ɛb/1 syllable",
"Terms with Armenian translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Persian translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Thai translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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"args": {
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{
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"Of or concerning the lower class of a society."
],
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[
"concerning",
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],
[
"lower class",
"lower class"
],
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"society",
"society"
]
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]
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"English derogatory terms"
],
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"Undistinguished, commonplace, unsophisticated, vulgar, coarse."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"Undistinguished",
"undistinguished"
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[
"commonplace",
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[
"unsophisticated",
"unsophisticated"
],
[
"vulgar",
"vulgar"
],
[
"coarse",
"coarse"
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"(derogatory) Undistinguished, commonplace, unsophisticated, vulgar, coarse."
],
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"derogatory",
"not-comparable"
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}
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"ipa": "/plɛb/"
},
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"audio": "En-au-pleb.ogg",
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"rhymes": "-ɛb"
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],
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"lower social class"
],
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}
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