plebeian

Capacious Rolls-Royces and Bentleys rub bumpers with plebeian Honda Civics and Fiats, all seeking streetside spaces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

So as a mere plebeian author interviewing Dan Brown for the first time, I needed to know: After you’ve sold 200 million books, does it get any easier?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

It has roots in both scholarly tea parties and plebeian street-side “tiger stoves” that sold hot water for brewing tea at home and then started setting up stools so customers could linger.

From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2021

Meanwhile, the average plebeian had long ago lost his or her representation.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

And no one need fear that the numbers are being cooked either, since they appear in the prestigious Wall Street Journal, as well as in more plebeian papers.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Can’t Ms. Schmidt muster sympathy for plebeians renting a studio for $3,000?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Gladiatorial culture developed with the rise of what were known as games, or those events put on by elite Romans for plebeians and others socially beneath them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

But there are good deals for us plebeians if you know where to look.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

While the common people of ancient Rome were called plebeians, which word was used for a member of the Roman aristocracy?

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2023

This power of prevention left fewer evils to be cured; and the plebeians, having at last obtained an organ of their own, may be said to have found the key to their liberties.

From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket