plain men—(also: plain people) ordinary or average men; people not given to complex reasoning or speculation:
- The first people to listen to Jesus’ words and to become his disciples were plain men, fishermen of Galilee.
plainsmen—(also: plains people) inhabitants of the wide open plains of a particular region:
- Experienced ranchmen never turn a bunch of green brood-mares out unless accompanied by three or four of these sagacious little plainsmen.