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vulgus
noun as in hoi polloi
noun as in third estate
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That he carried the odi profanum vulgus, et arceo too far cannot for a moment be doubted.
Turner in 1538 says, "ligustrum arbor est non herba ut literatorū vulgus credit; nihil que minus est quam a Prymerose."
I said this was a figure of rhetoric, employed by his Lordship ad captandum vulgus.
Odi profanum vulgus et arceo; hence, ye profane: you would not understand the mighty lesson of the rag tank.
His work is saturated with that contempt of the profanum vulgus which the profanum vulgus (humanly enough) seldom fails to return.
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On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to vulgus, such as: commonality, commoners, common people, great unwashed, huddled masses, and infrastructure.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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