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–noun (used with a plural verb

)

1.	(in ancient Rome) the common people, as contrasted with the patricians and later with the senatorial nobility or the equestrian order.

2.	the common people; the populace.

[Origin: 1640–50; < L plébs, plébés

]

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n. A commoner; a plebeian.

[Short for plebeian, or perhaps back-formation from plebs.]

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n. pl. ple·bes (plē'bēz)

The common people of ancient Rome: the plebs and the patricians.
The common people; the populace.

[Latin plēbs; see pelə-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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