Pleas"ure*less, a. Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot.
Pleas"ur*er (?), n. A pleasure seeker. Dickens.
Pleas"ur*ist, n. A person devoted to worldly pleasure. [R.] Sir T.
Browne.
Pleat (plt), n. & v. t. See Plait.
Plebe (plb), n. [F. plËbe, fr. L. plebs.] 1. The common people; the
mob. [Obs.]
The plebe with thirst and fury prest.
Sylvester.
2. [Cf. Plebeian.] A member of the lowest class in the military academy
at West Point. [Cant, U.S.]
Ple*be"ian (pl*b"yan), a. [L. plebeius, from plebs, plebis, the common
people: cf. F. plÈbÈien.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or
common people.
2. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian
sports; a plebeian throng.
Ple*be"ian, n. 1. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome,
in distinction from patrician.