Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Plebeian

Plebeian (ple*bē"yan) , adjective

[Latin plebeius, from plebs, plebis, the common people: compare French 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.

Plebeian , noun

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.