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plebeians

noun as in lower class

noun as in populace

noun as in rank and file

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Example Sentences

It could also be true that she really was an insufferable lunatic afraid of catching Ebola from the plebeians.

Allen wags his finger at the plebeians who dare question his intentions.

And when in a pinch, the Vogue editrix is forced to the thing of plebeians—visit a supermarket.

The benefits to the plebeians resulting from the overthrow of the kingdom were of slight, if any importance.

The tribunes were introduced as a protection for the plebeians and an additional restraint upon the magistrates.

Either patricians or plebeians could be elected to the office of military tribunes.

The rebuilding of Rome was immediately followed by another period of conflict between the patricians and plebeians.

The political controversies, however, did not terminate upon the admission of the plebeians to full political rights.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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