A person, especially one from an earlier period of history, who is plebeian, comes from a low social class.
例句
In the 1790s Tom Paine taught plebeian radicals that mankind would live in harmony were it not for the vested interest which princes, diplomats and soldiers had in promoting wars to enrich themselves.湯姆·潘恩在18世紀90年代教育平民激進分子時論述到，如果不是為了實現王公、外交官和士兵借發起戰爭而使自己富有的潛在利益，人類本會生活在和諧之中。
ADJ-GRADED
平庸的；市井的；粗俗的
If someone describes something as plebeian, they think that it is unsophisticated and connected with or typical of people from a low social class.
例句
...a philosophy professor with a cockney accent and an alarmingly plebeian manner...一口倫敦土腔、舉止粗俗不堪的哲學教授He spent all day playing rackets on the beach, a plebeian sport if there ever was one.他一整天都在海灘玩壁球，再沒有比這更不入流的運動了。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
平民,庶民
a plebeian’s bank平民銀行
adj.
平民的,庶民的,百姓的
a plebeian magistrate.平民的地方行政官
無教養的,鄙俗的;粗俗的
plebeian tastes庸俗的趣味
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. one of the common people
Adjective
1. of the common people of ancient Rome;
"a plebeian magistrate"
2. of or associated with the great masses of people;
"the common people in those days suffered greatly""behavior that branded him as common""his square plebeian nose""a vulgar and objectionable person""the unwashed masses"