plebs
Noun
- one of the common people
- plural of pleb
- The plebeian class of Ancient Rome.
- The common people, especially (derogatory) the mob.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin plēbs (“the plebeian class”), variant of earlier plēbēs. Later also understood as the plural of pleb.
Synonyms
pleb, plebeian, canaille, commonality, commonalty, crowd, demos, everyone, general public, great unhosed, great unwashed, herd, hoi polloi, lower class, many, masses, mob, multitude, odds and sods, peasantry, plebeiate, plebs, populace, proletariat, rabble, rank and file, riffraff, third estate, trash, unwashed, unwashed masses, working class
Scrabble Score: 9
plebs: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordplebs: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
plebs: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary