plebn.adj.

Brit.

/plɛb/, U.S.

/plɛb/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: plebeian n.

Etymology: Shortened < plebeian n. With plural use in sense A. 1 compare plebs n. 1 and discussion at that entry. With sense A. 2 compare slightly earlier plebe n. 2.

A. n.

1. A member of the ordinary people or working classes; = plebeian n. 2. Frequently derogatory: an unsophisticated or uncultured person. See also plebs n. Now colloquial.Formerly (Westminster School slang): the son of a tradesman.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] > one of the common people

Jackc1390

fellowa1400

commonerc1400

populara1525

plebeianc1550

ungentle1562

Tom Tiler1582

roturier1586

vulgarity1646

little man1707

pleb1795

man of the people1799

the man in the street1831

snob1831

man1860

oickman1925

1795 J. O'Keeffe Life's Vagaries v. ii. 85 You're under my roof, you pleb.

1819 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 903 The rightfulness and desirable nature of the Objects, which the Westminster Plebs and Plebicolæ profess to pursue.

1865 Mrs. C. J. Newby Common Sense (1866) II. ii. 23 The well-dressed boy, who was so unlike a pleb.

1878 P. Robinson In my Indian Garden ii. 82 The muggur [sc. broad-snouted crocodile] is a gross pleb, and his features stamp him low-born.

1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang V. 228/1 Pleb..(Westminster School).—A tradesman's son.

1911 H. G. Wells New Machiavelli i. iv. 104 They're Plebs and they know it. They haven't the Guts to get hold of things.

1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point ix. 138 ‘A bit of a pleb, wasn't he?’ put in the military friend.

1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1441/6 The YLA executive sat at a head table while the plebs and proles were strewn together en masse.

2004 Daily Star (Nexis) 24 Apr. 40 Maybe I'm just a pleb but I like a hotel holiday with a couple of nearby discos and a few shops.

2. U.S. colloquial (frequently derogatory). A new cadet at a military or naval academy; = plebe n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > student cadet

cadet1775

plebe1833

pleb1838

beast1871

snooker1872

yearling1885

1838 C. H. Gilman Poetry of Travelling in U.S. 76 I found some of the novices, plebs they are called, home-sick, and weary with their discipline.

1883 Harper's Mag. Nov. 908/1 At West Point, no matter how stooped the entering pleb, he is soon taught to carry himself..erect.

1922 Dial. Notes 5 189 At Annapolis, the natives are crabs, the freshmen plebs, the sophomores youngsters.

1989 Times (Nexis) 23 Sept. A system of bullying and ‘fagging’..existed at West Point. By this means the lives of the ‘plebs’, the newly-joined class of cadets, were generally made a burden.

2002 National Rev. (Nexis) 8 May The ‘worst party school’, behind even West Point, whose plebs are not allowed off-campus without special permission.

B. adj. (attributive).

colloquial. = plebeian n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [adjective]

landish1489

popil1531

popular1533

secular1589

plebeial1590

plebeian1602

vulgar1605

plebal1606

multitudinousa1616

gregarian1632

gregary1640

populous1657

roturière1791

demotic1831

vulgarian1833

demic1834

commonal1865

communal1878

folkish1938

plebby1962

pleb1972

1972 J. Symons Players & Game xxvi. 196 ‘What was his name? Barber?’ ‘No, some other pleb occupation. Taylor?’

1982 Face May 60/4 Diana places terrible pleb emphasis on poetry.

2003 Sunday Times (Nexis) 19 Oct. 22 Non-plebeian concerns and lifestyles are never considered important or worth defending by intelligent, educated people who are too busy..finding a place on the pleb bandwagon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pleb
释义	plebn.adj. Brit. /plɛb/, U.S. /plɛb/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: plebeian n. Etymology: Shortened < plebeian n. With plural use in sense A. 1 compare plebs n. 1 and discussion at that entry. With sense A. 2 compare slightly earlier plebe n. 2. A. n. 1. A member of the ordinary people or working classes; = plebeian n. 2. Frequently derogatory: an unsophisticated or uncultured person. See also plebs n. Now colloquial.Formerly (Westminster School slang): the son of a tradesman. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] > one of the common people Jackc1390 fellowa1400 commonerc1400 populara1525 plebeianc1550 ungentle1562 Tom Tiler1582 roturier1586 vulgarity1646 little man1707 pleb1795 man of the people1799 the man in the street1831 snob1831 man1860 oickman1925 1795 J. O'Keeffe Life's Vagaries v. ii. 85 You're under my roof, you pleb. 1819 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 903 The rightfulness and desirable nature of the Objects, which the Westminster Plebs and Plebicolæ profess to pursue. 1865 Mrs. C. J. Newby Common Sense (1866) II. ii. 23 The well-dressed boy, who was so unlike a pleb. 1878 P. Robinson In my Indian Garden ii. 82 The muggur [sc. broad-snouted crocodile] is a gross pleb, and his features stamp him low-born. 1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang V. 228/1 Pleb..(Westminster School).—A tradesman's son. 1911 H. G. Wells New Machiavelli i. iv. 104 They're Plebs and they know it. They haven't the Guts to get hold of things. 1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point ix. 138 ‘A bit of a pleb, wasn't he?’ put in the military friend. 1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1441/6 The YLA executive sat at a head table while the plebs and proles were strewn together en masse. 2004 Daily Star (Nexis) 24 Apr. 40 Maybe I'm just a pleb but I like a hotel holiday with a couple of nearby discos and a few shops. 2. U.S. colloquial (frequently derogatory). A new cadet at a military or naval academy; = plebe n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > student cadet cadet1775 plebe1833 pleb1838 beast1871 snooker1872 yearling1885 1838 C. H. Gilman Poetry of Travelling in U.S. 76 I found some of the novices, plebs they are called, home-sick, and weary with their discipline. 1883 Harper's Mag. Nov. 908/1 At West Point, no matter how stooped the entering pleb, he is soon taught to carry himself..erect. 1922 Dial. Notes 5 189 At Annapolis, the natives are crabs, the freshmen plebs, the sophomores youngsters. 1989 Times (Nexis) 23 Sept. A system of bullying and ‘fagging’..existed at West Point. By this means the lives of the ‘plebs’, the newly-joined class of cadets, were generally made a burden. 2002 National Rev. (Nexis) 8 May The ‘worst party school’, behind even West Point, whose plebs are not allowed off-campus without special permission. B. adj. (attributive). colloquial. = plebeian n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [adjective] landish1489 popil1531 popular1533 secular1589 plebeial1590 plebeian1602 vulgar1605 plebal1606 multitudinousa1616 gregarian1632 gregary1640 populous1657 roturière1791 demotic1831 vulgarian1833 demic1834 commonal1865 communal1878 folkish1938 plebby1962 pleb1972 1972 J. Symons Players & Game xxvi. 196 ‘What was his name? Barber?’ ‘No, some other pleb occupation. Taylor?’ 1982 Face May 60/4 Diana places terrible pleb emphasis on poetry. 2003 Sunday Times (Nexis) 19 Oct. 22 Non-plebeian concerns and lifestyles are never considered important or worth defending by intelligent, educated people who are too busy..finding a place on the pleb bandwagon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1795
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