plebe /pliːb/ noun4 •[usually plural] (historical) A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens. •(US, slang) A freshman cadet at a military academy.My drill master, a young stripling, told me I was not so ‘gross’ as most other pleibs, the name of all new cadets. — 1834 •(no longer used, historical) The plebs, the plebeian class.All other roomes were free for the plebe or multitude. — 1612 •(no longer used) The similar lower class of any area. formsplebes