Downey is a unique community in the heart of Southern California that combines the best of both large and small. We are an active city of 110,000 with a small town atmosphere. This is a place of pride, history, involvement, and community.
The definition of a plebeian is a person in the lower class. An example of a plebeian is a member of the ancient Roman lower class. Plebeian is defined as relating to the common people or lacking in manners. An example of a plebeian act is licking food off of a plate. 1  a member of the ancient Roman lower class. 2  one of the common people.  a vulgar, coarse person.
In Latin the word plebs is a singular collective noun, and its genitive is plebis. The origin of the separation into orders is unclear, and it is disputed when the Romans were divided under the early kings into patricians and plebeians, or whether the clientes (or dependents) of the patricians formed a third group.