the plebeians

Definitions

The common people or lower social class of ancient Rome.

Members of the general citizenry as distinguished from the aristocracy or elite.

Examples

In ancient Rome, the plebeians struggled for greater political representation against the ruling patrician class.

The orator's speech was designed to stir the hearts of the plebeians who had long felt ignored by the aristocracy.

Synonyms

the commoners the masses the working class the proletariat the rank and file the common people

Antonyms

the aristocracy the elite the nobility the upper class the patricians the ruling class