roturier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French roturier.

Noun

roturier (plural roturiers)

  1. A commoner or plebeian; a person of low rank.
    • 1945, Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy:
      He cannot forgive Socrates for his humble origin; he calls him a "roturier," and accuses him of corrupting the noble Athenian youth with a democratic moral bias.

French

Etymology

From roture + -ier. Compare Medieval Latin rupturārius.

Adjective

roturier (feminine singular roturière, masculine plural roturiers, feminine plural roturières)

  1. common; not noble

Noun

roturier m (plural roturiers, feminine roturière)

  1. commoner

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