roturier

noun

Definition of roturiernext
as in proletarian

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  1. proletarian
  2. commoner
  3. plebeian
  4. peasant
Noun
  • Later in the novel, Hans’s mind turns to the brutality of occupation: If in the course of a five-day plan, 200,000 Berliners were removed by 50,000, these 50,000 proletarians would be fused into a collective by the shock of having killed.
    Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 21 June 2023
  • As a proudly class-conscious proletarian, Martin is naturally supportive of worker strikes.
    J. Hoberman, The New York Review of Books, 22 Oct. 2020
Definition of proletarian
Noun
  • Gang plays Cheon-young, a commoner who is enslaved but never relinquishes his dignity.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Nettles is a commoner who manages to tame a wild dragon, known as Sheepstealer.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2024
Definition of commoner
Noun
  • The first is the secession of the plebeians, where commoners staged a walkout in protest of unfair treatment by the ruling class.
    Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • For us plebeians, riding a ski resort gondola means adhering to a lengthy set of rules.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of plebeian
Noun
  • That means dressing up as a knight, king, queen, lord or lady, maybe even a peasant or fairy.
    Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
  • An estimated 20,000 people swarmed the 1378 conclave in Rome to make their opinion known, including peasants who traveled from the countryside.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of peasant
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