Plebeian
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Plebeian, which means 'of the people', or 'not aristocratic', or - pejoratively - 'common', 'not refined', is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable, which is a 'long' sound: 'ple-BEE-ern', IPA: /plə 'biː ən/.
Plebeian is derived from the Latin noun plebs, which means 'the common people'.
