vulgarian
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vulgarian
Example Sentences
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For years, publisher Graydon Carter referred to Trump as a "short-fingered vulgarian" in Spy magazine.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2024
Candy’s Buck at first seems like a rehash of his “Planes, Trains” character, a vulgarian chatterbox hilariously out of his element.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
At the same time, Ahmari said, “Maybe it took a Queens vulgarian to clear some of the deadwood of the past away.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 12, 2019
It single-handedly announced that a dirtier, nastier and vastly more expensive era of Oscar campaigning had arrived, with Harvey Weinstein as its ringmaster, its screaming, bullying vulgarian poster child.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2017
Both of the Grattans, on the other hand, had a horror of Duigenan, as a truculent and coarse vulgarian.
From The Commercial Restraints of Ireland by Hutchinson, John Hely
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