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

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

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

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

Roman society was divided into two classes or orders, patricians and plebeians.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Though the way to petition was not absolutely debarred to them, it was made very irksome and perilous for plebeians to sue and obtain a hearing for their manifold complaints.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara