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plebe

/plib/ US
/pliːb/ UK

Rhymes with -iːb

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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.

noun plebes

historical, plural normally A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens. Another the like was among the Romanes of Patricij & plebes, thone ſtriuing with thother a long time, the patricij many yeares excluding the plebes from bearing rule, vntill at laſt all magiſtrates were made cõmon [common] betweene thẽ [them]: […]
historical, obsolete The plebs, the plebeian class. All other roomes were free for the plebe or multitude.
obsolete The similar lower class of any area.
US, slang 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.

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noun first-year cadet

Română	pifan

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@misc{plebe_2026,
  title = {plebe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plebe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}