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Meanings of plebeians in English
In ancient Rome, the plebs was the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians.
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Examples for "plebs"
Examples for "plebs"
1
The Macedonian phalanx will destroy the mighty armies of the plebs of Europe.
2
The news was received with delight by both senate and plebs.
3
There were undoubtedly some very hairy plebs around, but a Yeti?
4
Plays for dancers were emphatically not plays for Irish plebs.
5
Even as we plebs are forced to make do with risky and volatile public stocks.
1
This was, as we have said, the condition of many Roman plebeians.
Usage of plebeians in English
1
Princes, plebeians, and artists meet here in the limitless brotherhood of music.
2
Though proud, the patricians made concessions to plebeians whenever it was necessary.
3
This was, as we have said, the condition of many Roman plebeians.
4
You have mustered quite a pretty set of little plebeians 'ere to-night.
5
The nobles should be simple in their lives and hardly distinguishable from plebeians.
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Artisans in luxury are useless in a society dominated by plebeians.
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The result was a second secession of the plebeians to the Sacred Hill.
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There is an odor in the English aristocracy which intoxicates plebeians.
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They've never allowed the plebeians to get involved in matters of the state.
10
The patricians gave up their consuls and the plebeians their tribunes.
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We next find the plebeians struggling for equality before the law.
12
Nevertheless the border wars still continued, and the plebeians suffered much.
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The patricians were not necessarily aristocrats, nor the plebeians a rabble.
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The plebeians listened to these words of wisdom, and withdrew their savage demand.
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A speculating frenzy had seized them as well as the plebeians.
16
They shot down the slit, plebeians all, but it followed pompously like royalty.
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