Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
roturier [raw-ty-ryey; English roh-too r-ee-ey, -tyoo r-] Examples noun, plural ro·tu·riers [raw-ty-ryey; English roh-too r-ee-eyz, -tyoo r-] /rɔ tüˈryeɪ; English roʊˈtʊər iˌeɪz, -ˈtyʊər-/. French.
- a person of low rank; plebeian.
Examples from the Web for roturier Historical Examples of roturier
Oh, it was not with a roturier she fled; her pride would not have allowed that.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
I have a great dislike to the thought of being revolutionised into a roturier.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Sir, it is only a roturier whom death, or anything else, takes by surprise.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Few men of his stamp indulge in the weakness of railing at Fortune, which is the privilege and consolation of the roturier.
George A. Lawrence
The noble has gone down on the social ladder, and the roturier has gone up; the one descends as the other rises.
American Institutions and Their Influence
Alexis de Tocqueville et al.
