From: Kevin Dobey (kevin.dobey at domain trintech.com)
Date: Thu 19 Aug 1999 - 10:39:16 IST
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> From: Bernard Tyers [mailto:btyers at domain snet.wit.ie]
> On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, John McCormac wrote:
> > > 'pleb accounts'
> >
> > Must be politically correct speak for luser accounts ;-)
>
> yea, pleb as in plebian, as in member of the council of
> ancient rome. the
> members of parliament (todays versions being TDs) were called
> plebians.
> Sorta fits eh'? "Pleb for State, Mr. Joe..." has a nice ring..
Actually a plebeian is not council member but quite the opposite.
What you describe is actually called a patrician.
A Plebeian is one of the common people hence the term a plebiscit which is a
vote of the common people !
Just to clear it up !!! :)
# dict plebeian
3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plebeian \Ple*be"ian\ (pl[-e]*b[=e]"yan), a. [L. plebeius, from
plebs, plebis, the common people: cf. F. pl['e]b['e]ien.]
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) [web1913]:
Plebeian \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) 1.6 [wn]:
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}]
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