pleb

Meaning

Noun

1. A commoner; a member of the lower class of a society.
2. (derogatory) A common person; an unsophisticated or cultureless person.
3. (US, derogatory, slang, usually) A freshman cadet at a military academy.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of or concerning the lower class of a society.
2. (derogatory, not-comparable) Undistinguished, commonplace, unsophisticated, vulgar, coarse.

Synonyms

plebeian

cad

churl

clown

commoner

herd

hoi polloi

peasant

rabble

unwashed

boor

yob

Translations

plebeyo

Prolet

plébéien

homme du peuple

plebejer

plebeu

plebeu

plep

Pronounced as (IPA)

/plɛb/

Etymology

A clipping of plebeian and plebe, sometimes also understood as a back-formation from plebs.