pleb
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pleb
- /plɛb/
Rhymes with -ɛb
Where it comes from
A clipping of plebeian and plebe, sometimes also understood as a back-formation from plebs.
noun plebs
- A commoner; a member of the lower class of a society.
- A common person; an unsophisticated or cultureless person. You're under my roof, you pleb.
- A freshman cadet at a military academy. I found some of the novices, plebs they are called, home-sick, and weary with their discipline.
adjective
- Of or concerning the lower class of a society.
- Undistinguished, commonplace, unsophisticated, vulgar, coarse.
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Talk about this word "pleb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pleb. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pleb. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pleb "pleb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pleb.Cite this
@misc{pleb_2026,
title = {pleb},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pleb},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
