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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 peopleplay

  Familiarity information: PLEB used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLEB (noun)


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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