roturier
/rəˈtjʊərɪeɪ/ /rəˈtʃʊərɪeɪ/ /rəˈtjʊərɪə/noun
1A person of low social rank; a commoner; specifically (in pre-revolutionary France) a member of a social class comprising all those not nobles or clergy, i.e. the bourgeois and villeins collectively. Compare roture. Now historical.
- In the 19th and early 20th centuries, often implying vulgarity, and the possession of newly acquired wealth..
2In Canada: a person who holds real estate subject to an annual rent paid to a seigneur. Compare roture. Now historical.
adjective
Of or characteristic of a roturier; of low social rank; not noble; common.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in John Ferne (c1560–1609), administrator and writer on heraldry. From Middle French roturier (French roturier) (adjective) not noble, concerning an estate held by a commoner, (noun) peasant, commoner from roture + -ier.
- common property
- common rat
- common room
- commons
- common salt
- common seal
- common sense
- commonsensical
- Common Serjeant
- common soldier
- common stock
- common stocks
- common thread
- common time
- commonweal
- commonwealth
- Commonwealth Day
- Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth of Independent States
- Common Worship
- commotion
- commove
- comms
- communal
- communalise