middlebrow

[ mid-l-brou ]
/ ˈmɪd lˌbraʊ /

noun Informal.

a person of conventional tastes and interests in matters of culture; a moderately cultivated person.

Origin of middlebrow

1920–25; middle + brow, on the model of highbrow, lowbrow

OTHER WORDS FROM middlebrow

mid·dle·brow·ism, noun

Words nearby middlebrow

middle-level, middle-of-the-road, middle-sized, middleborough, middlebreaker, middlebrow, middleburg heights, middlebuster, middlehand, middleman, middlemarch

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British Dictionary definitions for middlebrow

middlebrow
/ (ˈmɪdəlˌbraʊ) derogatory /

noun

a person with conventional tastes and limited cultural appreciation

adjective Also: middlebrowed

of or appealing to middlebrows middlebrow culture

Derived forms of middlebrow

middlebrowism, noun