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Plebeian vs Roturier - What's the difference?

plebeian | roturier |

As nouns the difference between plebeian and roturier

is that plebeian is one of the plebs, or common people of ancient rome, in distinction from patrician while roturier is a commoner, a plebeian, a person of low rank.

As an adjective plebeian

is of or pertaining to the roman plebs, or common people.

plebeian

English

Alternative forms

* plebian

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.
  • Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common.
  • plebeian sports
    They were all from the ghetto, a plebeian throng.

    Synonyms

    * (of or pertaining to the common people) vulgar

    Antonyms

    * (of or pertaining to the common people) noble, aristocratic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.
  • (archaic) One of the common people, or lower rank of men.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 3.
  • The feelings of our heart, the agitation of our passions, the vehemence of our affections, dissipate all its conclusions, and reduce the profound philosopher to a mere plebeian .

    Synonyms

    * (one of the plebs) commoner, pleb * (one of the common people) commoner

    Antonyms

    * (one of the plebs) patrician * (one of the common people) noble, aristocrat

    Derived terms

    * pleb

    roturier

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A commoner, a plebeian, a person of low rank
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