# pleb

> English word · Noun · IPA /plɛb/ · frequency rank #65,408

## Definitions
1. A commoner; a member of the lower class of a society.
2. A common person; an unsophisticated or cultureless person.
3. A freshman cadet at a military academy.

## Etymology
A clipping of plebeian and plebe, sometimes also understood as a back-formation from plebs.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pleb