Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Plebeians

Common people; properly it means the free citizens of Rome, who were neither patricians nor clients. They were, however, free landowners, and had their own “gentës.” (Latin, plebes, 2 syl.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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