1. (a.) Common; pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people\.

2. (a.) of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng.

3. (n.) One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.

4. (n.) One of the common people, or lower rank of men.

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