roturier

Etymology

Borrowed from French roturier.

Noun

roturier (plural roturiers)

1. A commoner, a 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.

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

Related terms

• roture

Further reading

• “roturier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).