Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Of or concerning the lower class of a society. · Undistinguished, commonplace, unsophisticated, vulgar, coarse.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA commoner; a member of the lower class of a society. · A common person; an unsophisticated or cultureless person. · A freshman cadet at a military academy.
A clipping of plebeian and plebe, sometimes also understood as a back-formation from plebs.
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- Root classification mention*pleh₁-ine-pro
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