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In ancient Rome, the plebs was the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians.

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Uso de plebs en inglés

The Macedonian phalanx will destroy the mighty armies of the plebs of Europe. 
 Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the Hous... 

The news was received with delight by both senate and plebs. 
 Roman History, Books I-III 

There were undoubtedly some very hairy plebs around, but a Yeti? 
 The Irish Times 

Plays for dancers were emphatically not plays for Irish plebs. 
 The Irish Times 

Even as we plebs are forced to make do with risky and volatile public stocks. 
 The Guardian 

The praefect of Rome was popular with the plebs. 
 "Unto Caesar" 

They were simply representatives and protectors of the plebs. 
 The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 

Mr Mitchell quit his post after it was alleged he called police "plebs". 
 BBC 

Mr Mitchell resigned over the row but denies calling officers "plebs". 
 BBC 

For this the Romans thirsted-patriciansand plebs alike, rich and poor, man, woman and child. 
 "Unto Caesar" 

Their masterly addition that Mitchell called them "plebs" too was the killer calumny. 
 The Guardian 

He rose steadily through the quaestorship to the tribuneship of the plebs (52 B.C. 
 The History of Roman Literature / From the Earliest Period to th... 

Flaminius carried a law for the distribution of land taken from the Senones among the plebs. 
 The Gracchi Marius and Sulla / Epochs of Ancient History 

Taurus Antinor hath the ear of the plebs. 
 "Unto Caesar" 

But told the plebs the oracle was plain. 
 Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 12, 1917 

Its consequences were felt for many centuries: it was the origin of the tribunate of the plebs. 
 The History of Rome, Book II / From the Abolition of the Monarch... 