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Meanings of plebeius in English

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plebeyo

Citizen from Ancient Rome who did not belong to the patriciate by birth or emancipation.

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Examples for "plebeii"
Examples for "plebeii"
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The emperor had returned to his palace after opening the Ludi Plebeii.
Vergilius: A Tale of the Coming of Christ
2
The Ludi Plebeii in November seem to have been a kind of plebeian duplicate of the Ludi Romani.
Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero
Usage of plebeius in English
1
However, not all B. plebeius strains produce the algae-crunching enzyme.
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2
At some unknown points and in some unknown stomachs in the Japanese past, the enzyme-coding gene passed from Z. galactanivorans and into B. plebeius.
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3
The gene that codes for the enzyme has been found in one other place: the genome of Bacteroides plebeius, a microbe found in human intestines.
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