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groundling
[ ground-ling ]
noun
- any of various fishes that live at the bottom of the water.
- a spectator, reader, or other person of unsophisticated or uncultivated tastes; an uncritical or uncultured person.
- a member of a theater audience who sits in one of the cheaper seats.
groundling
/ ˈɡraʊndlɪŋ /
noun
- any animal or plant that lives close to the ground or at the bottom of a lake, river, etc
- (in Elizabethan theatre) a spectator standing in the yard in front of the stage and paying least
- a spectator in the cheapest section of any theatre
- a person on the ground as distinguished from one in an aircraft
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Word History and Origins
Origin of groundling1
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Example Sentences
Nevertheless, the contempt inspired by the groundling served the Englishman in good stead at a critical moment.
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Pumpkins are among the most imposing of all groundling growths.
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Still, it is heart-rending to think I shall never rise above the sordid earth, always remain a mere groundling!
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Instead of sporting aloft in airy skyward flights, I am now a miserable groundling.
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To our sorry groundling minds the old pleasaunce may seem too rich and fantastic, too spectacular, too much idealised.
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