vulgar

Definitions

1. A common, ordinary person.
   derogatory, historical
2. The common people.
   collective
3. The language of a people, especially the commoners.

Equivalents

Examples

“Popular antiquarian writings […] frequently focused on the regional vulgars' superstitious beliefs regarding the dead and their ongoing presence—such as popular funeral rites or the vulgars' fear of church yards.”

“Therefore you Clowne, abandon: which is in the vulgar, leaue the societie: which in the boorish, is companie, of this female: which in the common, is woman: which together, is, abandon the society of this Female, […]”

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