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Definition of Roturier
1. n. A person who is not of noble birth; specif., a freeman who during the prevalence of feudalism held allodial land.
Definition of Roturier
1. Noun. A commoner, a plebeian, a person of low rank ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Roturier
1. a commoner [n -S] - See also: commoner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roturier
Literary usage of Roturier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1843)
"No genealogy, even although reprinted ; you are a plebeian (roturier) from all
in Moreri, approaches that of Mahomet • eternity, unless you can produce a ..."
2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"French law was the same as roturier. See Cotgrave. Himself goes pateh'd like some
bare .... roturier ..."
3. The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and by Charles Knight (1874)
"... freeholders—Statutes of Apparel—Distinction of Birth—The Gentleman and the
roturier —Administrative system—Koyal revenue—Public functionaries —Military ..."
4. Journals Kept in France and Italy from 1848 to 1852: With a Sketch of the by Nassau William Senior (1871)
"A French roturier has no such hope. Nothing will place him on a level with a
gentilhomme. You in England fancy that we have got rid of this distinction. ..."
5. History of Europe: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the by Archibald Alison (1849)
"_ noble or roturier ; no middle class, no shades of distinction 69. were known.
On the one side were a hundred and fifty distinction thousand privileged ..."
6. Hill's French-English and English-French Vest-pocket Dictionary by Charles McClellan Stevens (1898)
"Rôtie, sf. toast; — au beurre, buttered toast. Rôtir, va. to roast, toast, broil,
burn. [vulgar. roturier, ière ..."
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