plebe — meaning in English

English meaning

• crowd noun A large number of people gathered closely together.
• mass noun A large body or quantity of matter without a definite shape.
• pleb noun A commoner; a member of the lower class of a society.

Senses

plebe is used for these senses in English:

• crowd (with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar.
• hoi polloi (collective) The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.)
• mass (in the plural) The lower classes of persons.
• pleb (derogatory) A common person; an unsophisticated or cultureless person.
• plebs The common people, especially (pejorative) the mob.

crowd — full definition

1. noun A large number of people gathered closely together.
2. noun A particular social group someone belongs to or hangs out with.
3. verb To push or press together into a small space.

mass — full definition

1. noun A large body or quantity of matter without a definite shape.
2. noun In physics, a measure of how much matter an object contains, and its resistance to acceleration.
3. noun A large number of people, or ordinary people as a whole.
4. adj Involving or affecting a very large number of people or things.
5. noun The Eucharist service in Roman Catholic and some other Christian traditions.

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