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Noun
Adjective
Synonyms: Adjective
baseborn, common, humble, ignoble, inferior, low, low-life, lowborn, lower-class, lowly, lumpen, mean, prole, proletarian, unwashed, vulgar
Antonyms: Adjective
aristocratic, blue-blooded, genteel, gentle, grand, great, high, highborn, highbred, lofty, noble, patrician, upper-class, upper-crust, wellborn
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1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1
1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Latin plebeius of the common people, from plebs common people
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