plebe
/plib/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens.
Example Sentences
- "Another the like was among the Romanes of Patricij & plebes, thone ſtriuing with thother a long time, the patricij many yeares excluding the plebes from bearing rule, vntill at laſt all magiſtrates were made cõmon [common] betweene thẽ [them]: […]"
- "All other roomes were free for the plebe or multitude."
- "My drill master, a young stripling, told me I was not so ‘gross’ as most other pleibs, the name of all new cadets."
- ""But is a plebe forbidden to stroll here?" "If a plebe did have the brass to try it," replied Anstey slowly, "I reckon he would have to fight the whole yearling class in turn.""
- "Plebes spend their first summer at Cadet Basic Training — Beast Barracks — where they get soldierized."
- "“You went to The Citadel?” her mother chimed in. “I’ve heard so many great things about that institution. Did you go through a plebe year?” I told her I did and that we called it the knob year because freshman cadets had to shave their heads bald to resemble the butt end of a door knob and keep it that way for an entire ten months while going through the process of being broken down, only to be built back up."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /plib/
- British English: /pliːb/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
plebe class
plebe year