Ple*be"ian (plē*bē"yan),
a. [L. plebeius, from plebs,
plebis, the common people: cf. F.
plébéien.] 1. Of or
pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.
2. Of or pertaining to the common people;
vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian
throng.
Ple*be"ian, n. 1.
One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in
distinction from patrician.
2. One of the common people, or lower rank of
men.