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

The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were biplane and plebeian.

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2023

What Brady loves most, far more than a Tag Heuer, is the plebeian surroundings of a locker room, the simple no-frills atmosphere with a brotherhood in egalitarian sweats.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2022

He liked the community’s stasis, its plebeian virtues and unassuming mien.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

They feared that patrician judges were interpreting Rome’s unwritten laws to take advantage of ignorant plebeians, so they demanded the laws be written down.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 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