roturier

[ raw-ty-ryey; English roh-too r-ee-ey, -tyoo r- ]

/ rɔ tüˈryeɪ; English roʊˈtʊər iˌeɪ, -ˈtyʊər- /

a person of low rank; plebeian.

Words nearby roturier

rotterdam, rottweiler, rotund, rotunda, rotundity, roturier, rou, rouault, roubaix, roubiliac, rouble

The noble has gone down on the social ladder, and the roturier has gone up; the one descends as the other rises.

American Institutions and Their Influence |Alexis de Tocqueville et al.
Sir, it is only a roturier whom death, or anything else, takes by surprise.

Godolphin, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The whiskers of a roturier, my good Lankin, grow as long as the beard of a Plantagenet.

The Christmas Books |William Makepeace Thackeray
Oh, it was not with a roturier she fled; her pride would not have allowed that.

The Parisians, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I have a great dislike to the thought of being revolutionised into a roturier.

Godolphin, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton