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PLEB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pleb mean?
• PLEB (noun)
The noun PLEB has 1 sense:
1. one of the common people
Familiarity information: PLEB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the common people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
pleb; plebeian
Hypernyms ("pleb" is a kind of...):
common man; common person; commoner (a person who holds no title)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pleb"):
anti-intellectual; lowbrow; philistine (a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits)
Holonyms ("pleb" is a member of...):
common people; folk; folks (people in general (often used in the plural))
Derivation:
plebeian (of or associated with the great masses of people)
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