plebeianly
adverb
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Adjective
wondered what the people at the country club would think of his plebeian origins
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Chris Branch, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Its practical function: No one, neither courtier nor plebeian, could stand close to the queen, conspicuous in her splendid isolation.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2025
Across the lake, on the plebeian side, up the shoreline a mile or so, in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, stand twin 32-story towers dubbed Trump Plaza of the Palm Beaches.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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Noun
So much for plebeians like myself, who tended to plants at a local nursery for minimum wage at 17.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Its practical function: No one, neither courtier nor plebeian, could stand close to the queen, conspicuous in her splendid isolation.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Below that sits the pedestrian CLK 500 and plebeian CLK 350.
—Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2025
Across the lake, on the plebeian side, up the shoreline a mile or so, in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, stand twin 32-story towers dubbed Trump Plaza of the Palm Beaches.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Plebeian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plebeian. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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