Etymology

roturier

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Today it means: A commoner or plebeian; a person of low rank; especially, in pre-Revolutionary France, a member of the social class comprising all who were not nobles or clergy. Full definition →

First used 16th c.Middle French roturier
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  1. Middle French · borrowed fromroturier
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromroturier
  3. English todayroturier

Borrowed from Middle French roturier.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 16th c. A commoner or plebeian; a person of low rank; especially, in pre-Revolutionary France, a member of the social class comprising all who were not nobles or clergy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.