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Plebeian vs Townselike - What's the difference?

plebeian | townselike |

As adjectives the difference between plebeian and townselike

is that plebeian is of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people while townselike is bourgeois; plebeian.

As a noun plebeian

is one of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.

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

    townselike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Bourgeois; plebeian.
  • *1577 , Hellowes, Guevara :
    • The riche merchaunt, the poore Squier, the wise plough man, and the good townselike craftsman, needes no daughter in lawe that can fril and paint her selfe, but such as be skilfull very well to spinne.