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单词 plebs
释义

plebs

noun

ˈplebz How to pronounce plebs (audio) ˈpleps How to pronounce plebs (audio)
plural plebes ˈplē-(ˌ)bēz How to pronounce plebs (audio) ˈplā-ˌbās How to pronounce plebs (audio)
1
: the general populace
2
: the common people of ancient Rome

Synonyms

  • commoners
  • commons
  • crowd
  • herd
  • hoi polloi
  • mass
  • millions
  • mob
  • multitude
  • people
  • plebeians
  • populace
  • public
  • rank and file
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web His singing and theatrics and chariot racing offended their sense of decorum, while also garnering adoration of the plebs, threatening the precarious balance of power. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 17 June 2021 The plebs’s relative impoverishment in the wake of this would help give rise to an array of demagogues—and eventually the collapse of the Roman republic. Win Mccormack, The New Republic, 11 Feb. 2021 Political and economic elites fear nothing more than the plebs of the world uniting to challenge their rule, which is what sublime solidarity aims to do. Astra Taylor, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2019

Word History

Etymology

Latin

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1

plebs

plural noun

as in populace
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite the tabloids know that there's more money to be made from the antics of celebs than from the problems of the plebs

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • populace
  • people
  • public
  • crowd
  • commoners
  • plebeians
  • millions
  • mob
  • mass
  • commons
  • multitude
  • herd
  • rabble
  • cattle
  • hoi polloi
  • proletariat
  • unwashed
  • riffraff
  • scum
  • rank and file
  • bourgeoisie
  • rout
  • trash
  • rabblement
  • tagrag and bobtail
  • tag, rag, and bobtail
  • middle class
  • ragtag and bobtail

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • aristocracy
  • elite
  • elect
  • cream
  • choice
  • pride
  • fat
  • pick
  • flower
  • society
  • nobility
  • pink
  • gentry
  • upper crust
  • best
  • patriciate
  • royalty
  • peerage
  • gentlefolk
  • quality
  • A-list
  • gentlefolks
  • corps d'elite
  • gentility
  • haute monde
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