1816 37 Not discriminating between real gentlemen who require no such hint, and vulgar~minded men who do.
1846 J. C. Hare II. 590 The vulgarminded in all ages have been incapable of conceiving that a man can be actuated by any but personal feelings.
1869 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross III. 100 The most vulgar-minded genius that ever produced a great effect in literature.