English-Thai Dictionary

plebeian

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ สามัญชน  common low lower-class kiao-kab-sa-man-chon

 

plebeian

N สามัญชน  pleb sa-man-chon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLEBEIAN

a.[L. plebeius, from plebs, the common people. ] 1. Pertaining to the common people; vulgar; as plebeian minds; plebeian sports.
2. Consisting of common people; as a plebeian throng.

 

PLEBEIAN

n.One of the common people or lower ranks of men. [Usually applied to the common people of ancient Rome. ]

 

PLEBEIANCE

n.The common people. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PLEBEIAN

Ple *be "ian, a. Etym: [L. plebeius, from plebs, plebis, the common people: cf. F. plébéien.]

 

1. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.

 

2. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng.

 

PLEBEIAN

PLEBEIAN Ple *be "ian, n.

 

1. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.

 

2. One of the common people, or lower rank of men.

 

PLEBEIANCE

PLEBEIANCE Ple *be "iance, n.

 

1. Plebeianism. [Obs. ]

 

2. Plebeians, collectively. [Obs. ]

 

PLEBEIANISM

Ple *be "ian *ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. plébéianisme.]

 

1. The quality or state of being plebeian.

 

2. The conduct or manners of plebeians; vulgarity.

 

PLEBEIANIZE

Ple *be "ian *ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plebeianized; p. pr. & vb. n.Plebeianizing.]

 

Defn: To render plebeian, common, or vulgar.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

plebeian

ple be ian |pliˈbēən pləˈbiən | ▶noun (in ancient Rome ) a commoner. • a member of the lower social classes. ▶adjective of or belonging to the commoners of ancient Rome. • of or belonging to the lower social classes. • lacking in refinement: he is a man of plebeian tastes. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin plebeius (from plebs, pleb- ‘the common people ’) + -an .

 

Oxford Dictionary

plebeian

plebeian |plɪˈbiːən | ▶noun (in ancient Rome ) a commoner. • a member of the lower social classes. ▶adjective of or belonging to the commoners of ancient Rome. • of or belonging to the lower social classes. • lacking in refinement: he is a man of plebeian tastes. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin plebeius (from plebs, pleb- ‘the common people ’) + -an .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

plebeian

plebeian noun plebeians and gentry lived together: proletarian, commoner, working-class person, worker; peasant; informal pleb, prole. ANTONYMS aristocrat. ▶adjective 1 people of plebeian descent: lower-class, working-class, proletarian, common, peasant; mean, humble, lowly. ANTONYMS noble. 2 plebeian tastes: uncultured, uncultivated, unrefined, lowbrow, philistine, uneducated; coarse, uncouth, common, vulgar. ANTONYMS refined.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

plebeian

plebeian noun the hostility towards him was shared by plebeians and gentry alike: proletarian, commoner, common person, man /woman /person in the street, working-class person, worker, working person; peasant; informal, derogatory pleb, prole. ANTONYMS aristocrat, noble, patrician. ▶adjective 1 people of plebeian descent: lower-class, low-class, working-class, proletarian, common, peasant, mean, humble, lowly, low, of low birth, low-born, low-ranking, ignoble, undistinguished; archaic baseborn. ANTONYMS aristocratic, noble, patrician. 2 a man of plebeian tastes: uncultured, uncultivated, unrefined, lowbrow, philistine, uneducated, unpolished, provincial, rustic; coarse, uncouth, crass, common, vulgar, base, boorish, gross; informal plebby; Brit. informal non-U; rare illiberal. ANTONYMS refined, cultivated, sophisticated.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

plebeian

ple be ian /pləbí (ː )ən /名詞 C 1 (古代ローマの )平民 (↔patrician ).2 ｟けなして ｠庶民, 平民 ; 下品 [粗野 ]な人 .形容詞 ｟けなして ｠庶民の, 下賤 （げせん ）の ; 卑俗な, 粗野な .