plebeian
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All the enlightened reformers in Europe were desperately trying to eliminate the peasant peculiarities and plebeian dialects that divided the peoples of their nations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
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
Wearing the jacket seemingly transforms you from a plebeian to a shapeless, off-duty celebrity ready for a paparazzi shot.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021
There were the paeans from plebeian basketball fans and politicians alike, almost as if public genuflection to a sports idol were American dogma.
From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 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
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