Ruptuary
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ruptuary is a noun meaning (obsolete, rare) One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier.
Meaning
(obsolete, rare) One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier.
Example Sentences
The entire order, indeed, and the very institution itself, received a further humiliation by the elevation of a ruptuary (roturier), Raoul, a goldsmith, to the honors of nobility.
Word Forms
- ruptuaries
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include roturier, plebeian, peasant, gutterblood, pleb, rotter.
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