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8-letter words (1 found)

PLEBEIAN,

7-letter words (4 found)

ALEPINE,BIPLANE,ELAPINE,PLEBEAN,

6-letter words (10 found)

ALPEEN,ALPINE,BAILEE,BALEEN,BEANIE,BELEAP,ENABLE,PENIAL,PENILE,PINEAL,

5-letter words (26 found)

ABELE,AINEE,ALBEE,ALIEN,ALINE,ANELE,ANILE,BELIE,BINAL,BLAIN,BLEEP,ELAIN,LAPIN,LEBEN,LIANE,NEBEL,PANEL,PENAL,PENIE,PIBAL,PILAE,PILEA,PLAIN,PLANE,PLEBE,PLENA,

4-letter words (70 found)

ABLE,AINE,ALBE,ALEE,ANIL,BAEL,BAIL,BALE,BANE,BANI,BEAL,BEAN,BEEN,BEEP,BEIN,BENE,BENI,BIEN,BILE,BINE,BLAE,BLEE,BLIN,BLIP,EALE,EINA,EINE,ELAN,ILEA,LAIN,LANE,LEAN,LEAP,LEEP,LIEN,LINE,LIPA,LIPE,NABE,NAIL,NAPE,NEAL,NEAP,NEEP,NIPA,PAIL,PAIN,PALE,PALI,PANE,PEAL,PEAN,PEBA,PEEL,PEEN,PEIN,PELA,PELE,PENE,PENI,PIAL,PIAN,PILA,PILE,PINA,PINE,PLAN,PLEA,PLEB,PLIE,

3-letter words (49 found)

AIL,AIN,ALB,ALE,ALP,ANE,ANI,APE,BAE,BAL,BAN,BAP,BEE,BEL,BEN,BIN,EAN,EEL,EEN,ENE,LAB,LAP,LEA,LEE,LEI,LEP,LIB,LIE,LIN,LIP,NAB,NAE,NAP,NEB,NEE,NEP,NIB,NIE,NIL,NIP,PAL,PAN,PEA,PEE,PEL,PEN,PIA,PIE,PIN,

2-letter words (20 found)

AB,AE,AI,AL,AN,BA,BE,BI,EA,EE,EL,EN,IN,LA,LI,NA,NE,PA,PE,PI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 181 words from plebeian according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of plebeian

plebeian

Alternative forms

  • plebian
  • plebeyan, plebean, plebeane, plebien (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin plēbēius (“a commoner; common”) + -an (“forming adjectives”), from Latin plēbēs + -ius (“forming adjectives”), possibly under the influence of Middle French plebeyen, plebein, plebien (“a commoner”) and plebeien (“concerning the common people”). Cf. Medieval Latin plēbēiānus (“a commoner”), from plēbēius + -ānus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pliˈbiːən/, /plɛbˈiːən/
  • Rhymes: -iːən

Noun

plebeian (plural plebeians)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.
    Synonyms: commoner, pleb, plebe
    Antonym: patrician
    • 1533, John Bellenden translating Livy, History of Rome, Vol. II, Ch. iv, Sect. ii:
      Na plebeane will tak þe dochter of ane patriciane but hir consent.
  2. A commoner, particularly (derogatory) a low, vulgar person.
    Synonyms: commoner, villain, peasant, nobody
    Antonyms: noble, aristocrat
    • c. 1550, Robert Wedderburn, The Complaynt of Scotlande..., Ch. xv, p. 102:
      There blude... vald hef na bettir cullour nor the blude of ane plebien or of ane mecanik craftis man.

Derived terms

  • pleb

Related terms

  • plebe, plebs, plebeiance, plebeianism, plebeity, plebeiate

Translations

Adjective

plebeian (comparative more plebeian, superlative most plebeian)

  1. (historical) Of or concerning the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.
    • 1566, William Painter, The Palace of Pleasure Beautified, Vol. I, Ch. iv, fol. 9 verso:
      To what purpose be the plebeian Magistrates ordeined?
  2. Of or concerning the common people.
  3. Common, particularly (derogatory) vulgar, crude, coarse, uncultured.
    • 1615, Robert Armin, The Valiant Welshman, Vol. i, Ch. i, sig. B:
      For to plebeyan wits, it is as good,
      As to be silent, as not vnderstood.

Synonyms

  • (of or pertaining to the common people): vulgar, common, popular

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "of or pertaining to the common people"): noble, aristocratic

Derived terms

  • plebeianly, plebeianness

Translations

Further reading

  • “plebeian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “plebeian, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2006.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French plébéien. By surface analysis, plebe +‎ -ian.

Adjective

plebeian m or n (feminine singular plebeiană, masculine plural plebeieni, feminine and neuter plural plebeiene)

  1. plebeian

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