Plebeian

//pliˈbiːən//

"Plebeian" in a Sentence (13 examples)

I don't mind saying I have a plebeian taste in food.

From plebeian origins, Tom Jackson has quickly risen to the upper echelon of society.

His outlook on life, as with his habits were so stolid and plebeian.

Don't touch me, you filthy plebeian!

Na plebeane will tak þe dochter of ane patriciane but hir consent.

The cognomen was first used in patrician families, who were distinguished from the plebeians by their three names.

There blude... vald hef na bettir cullour nor the blude of ane plebien or of ane mecanik craftis man.

The feelings of our heart, the agitation of our passions, the vehemence of our affections, dissipate all its conclusions, and reduce the profound philosopher to a mere plebeian.

To what purpose be the plebeian Magistrates ordeined?

...priuate person or plebian multitude...

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For to plebeyan wits, it is as good, As to be silent, as not vnderstood.

[…] told me love was too plebeian / told me you were through with me

Completely absent was any mention of the Apple Watch Edition branding, which Apple used last year to launch a pair of $10,000-and-up Apple Watches that worked the same way as the cheap ones but were made out of actual gold instead of workaday, plebeian metals.

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