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Synonyms for vulgarian


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : vuhl-gair-ee-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : vʌlˈgɛər i ən

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Définition of vulgarian

Origin :
  • "rich person of vulgar manners," 1804, from vulgar (adj.) + -ian.
  • As in Philistine : adj coarse
  • As in coarse : adj not fine, rude
  • As in lout : noun boor
  • As in nouveau riche : noun newly rich
  • As in showoff : noun person who brags about him- or herself
  • As in boor : noun clod
  • As in chuff : noun boor
  • As in Philistine : noun boor
Example sentences :
  • Then he thought of his own sister married to that vulgarian, Friedland.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Did not you marry a low creature,—a vulgarian, a tradesman's daughter?
  • Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • "You see, Hycy, the vulgarian will come out," said his mother.
  • Extract from : « The Emigrants Of Ahadarra » by William Carleton
  • Did not you marry a low creature—a vulgarian—a tradesman's daughter?
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 » by Various
  • She had the true instinct of it; while I was always a bit of a vulgarian.
  • Extract from : « The Social Significance of the Modern Drama » by Emma Goldman
  • If she offers them every luxury and is not polite, she is a snob and a vulgarian.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Entertaining » by M. E. W. Sherwood
  • Only a vulgarian talks ceaselessly about how much this or that cost him.
  • Extract from : « Etiquette » by Emily Post
  • This sounds like a contradiction of the criticism of the vulgarian.
  • Extract from : « Etiquette » by Emily Post
  • Moreover, he is no vulgarian like Nordau, lecturing in a muddy pathological jargon about subjects completely over his head.
  • Extract from : « Musical Criticisms » by Arthur Johnstone
  • The vulgarian's pleasure lies not in the article itself so much as in the price paid for it.
  • Extract from : « Parrot & Co. » by Harold MacGrath

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