roturier
Americannoun
plural
roturiersExample Sentences
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Désirée, our femme-de-chambre, before she came to us, lived in a wealthy roturier family.
From Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 by Various
The king promoted his admiral, Tourville, and Catinat, the roturier, to the marshalship, and founded the military order of St Louis on the 10th of April.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
Few men of his stamp indulge in the weakness of railing at Fortune, which is the privilege and consolation of the roturier.
From Sword and Gown A Novel by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
"O, Heaven forbid we should come on that topic!—No, no, equal both—both on the table-land of gentility, and qualified to look down on every roturier in Scotland."
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
You think the King's justice is to be driven headlong by the voice of any impudent roturier?
From Scaramouche by Sabatini, Rafael
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