Meanings
plural plebicolists
- rareSomeone who flatters, or curries favor with the general public; a demagogue.
Origin
- Latinplebs“the common people”
- Englishplebicolist
From Latin plebs (“the common people”) + colere (“to cultivate”) + -ist.
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