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A person not of noble birth.

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Usage examples (19)
  • I think at your age, with your appearance, that your name is worth at least two million francs in the eyes of a rich 'roturier' with an ambitious daughter. "
  • This Monsieur Le Prun -- what was he at first but a roturier -- no better than myself -- and made his own money -- fortune may yet befriend me also.
  • He wisely felt, and frankly acknowledged, that, their glory was essential to his own; and he invited to a seat at his table, Moliere the roturier, to whom the lowest of...
  • Sir, it is only a roturier whom death, or anything else, takes by surprise.
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