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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ple·be·ian /plɪˈbiən/
 平民,庶民,大眾(a.)平民的,一般的,普通的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ple·be·ian a.
 1. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.
 2. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ple·be·ian, n.
 1. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.
 2. One of the common people, or lower rank of men.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 plebeian
      adj 1: of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian
             magistrate" [ant: proletarian, patrician]
      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"
         [syn: common, vulgar, unwashed]
      n : one of the common people [syn: pleb]