groundling
a plant or animal that lives on or close to the ground.
any of various fishes that live at the bottom of the water.
a spectator, reader, or other person of unsophisticated or uncultivated tastes; an uncritical or uncultured person.
a member of a theater audience who sits in one of the cheaper seats.
Origin of groundling
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How to use groundling in a sentence
Nevertheless, the contempt inspired by the groundling served the Englishman in good stead at a critical moment.
The Great Mogul | Louis TracyPumpkins are among the most imposing of all groundling growths.
The Girl of the Period and Other Social Essays, Vol. I (of 2) | Eliza Lynn LintonStill, it is heart-rending to think I shall never rise above the sordid earth, always remain a mere groundling!
Parables from Flowers | Gertrude P. DyerInstead of sporting aloft in airy skyward flights, I am now a miserable groundling.
Eye Spy | William Hamilton GibsonTo our sorry groundling minds the old pleasaunce may seem too rich and fantastic, too spectacular, too much idealised.
Garden-Craft Old and New | John D. Sedding
British Dictionary definitions for groundling
/ (ˈɡraʊndlɪŋ) /
any animal or plant that lives close to the ground or at the bottom of a lake, river, etc
(in Elizabethan theatre) a spectator standing in the yard in front of the stage and paying least
a spectator in the cheapest section of any theatre
a person on the ground as distinguished from one in an aircraft
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