Meaning & use
pleb
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An ordinary person, especially one regarded as socially or culturally inferior (informal, often derogatory).
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He joked that flying economy made him feel like a pleb next to the first-class passengers.
The elite club members looked down on anyone they considered a pleb.
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Short for 'plebeian,' the term for ordinary Roman citizens; today it's an informal, often mocking or self-deprecating put-down.
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