plebeian

Gibbon anticipated — and Augustus mastered — something very much like Trump’s false bonding with plebeians:

Its practical function: No one, neither courtier nor plebeian, could stand close to the queen, conspicuous in her splendid isolation.

But the filmmakers have given him an all-access pass, from plebeian alleyways to marbled halls of power, and he is forever walking in unannounced on people who could literally have his head.

But there are good deals for us plebeians if you know where to look.

Yet even those of us with plebeian intellects can enjoy ingenious murders and cozy mayhem — especially on these long nights of winter.