pleb

Meaning

Noun

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

Adj

1. Of or concerning the lower class of a society.
2. Undistinguished, commonplace, unsophisticated, vulgar, coarse.

Synonyms

plebeian

cad

churl

clown

commoner

herd

hoi polloi

peasant

rabble

unwashed

boor

yob

Pronounced as (IPA)

/plɛb/

Etymology

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