pleb

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/plɛb/

Definition of pleb

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A commoner; a member of the lower class of a society.
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noun

  1. A commoner; a member of the lower class of a society.
  2. (derogatory)A common person; an unsophisticated or cultureless person.
    “You're under my roof, you pleb.”
  3. (US, derogatory, slang, usually)A freshman cadet at a military academy.
    “I found some of the novices, plebs they are called, home-sick, and weary with their discipline.”
    “At Annapolis, the natives are crabs, the freshmen plebs, the sophomores youngsters.”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or concerning the lower class of a society.
  2. (derogatory, not-comparable)Undistinguished, commonplace, unsophisticated, vulgar, coarse.

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Etymology

A clipping of plebeian and plebe, sometimes also understood as a back-formation from plebs.

Anagrams of pleb

4 plays · some not in Scrabble

Words you can make from pleb

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2-letter words

3 words

Hooks

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