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plebe

noun
/plib/US/pliːb/UK

Etymology

From Latin plēbs (“the plebeian class”), probably via Middle French plebe (“plebeians, commoners, the rabble”) and possibly later understood as a clipping of plebeian. Cognate with Italian plebe, Spanish plebe, Portuguese plebe.

  1. derived from plebe
  2. derived from plebs

Definitions

  1. A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens.

  2. The plebs, the plebeian class.

    • All other roomes were free for the plebe or multitude.

  3. The similar lower class of any area.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A freshman cadet at a military academy.

      • My drill master, a young stripling, told me I was not so ‘gross’ as most other pleibs, the name of all new cadets.
      • "But is a plebe forbidden to stroll here?" "If a plebe did have the brass to try it," replied Anstey slowly, "I reckon he would have to fight the whole yearling class in turn."
      • Plebes spend their first summer at Cadet Basic Training — Beast Barracks — where they get soldierized.

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Derived

pleb, plebe class, plebe year, plebeskin

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA