Usage examples for plebeian
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The decisively democratic measure was the Horticunian law, after another seventy years, giving the exclusively plebeian assembly full legislative power. – The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI. by Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton
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I know nothing so plebeian. – Pelham, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009
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She would have instituted dinner at seven, but she was a wise woman, and realized that too much tyranny often means revolution and the crumbling of- thrones; therefore the ancient plebeian custom of high tea at six was allowed to persist and continue. – Tales of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett