roturier

C2 Topic:Culture & History

US /roʊˈtʊriˌeɪ/ UK /rɒˈtjʊərɪeɪ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
historical: a commoner, especially a person who belonged to neither the nobility nor the clergy in pre-Revolutionary France

The prosperous roturier could own land and hold wealth without acquiring noble status.
2

adj
historical: belonging to or characteristic of the common social rank rather than the nobility

The memoir contrasts aristocratic privilege with roturier occupations and taxes.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · historical: a commoner,... commoner plebeiannon-noble

2 adj · historical: belonging to or... plebeiannon-noblecommon

Opposites

aristocrat noble peer

Word family

Forms roturiers

Derived forms roturiers

Related forms roturecommoner nobilityThird Estate

Etymology

Borrowed from French roturier, 'commoner or non-noble,' from roture, the condition or tenure of a commoner. Roture is related to Medieval Latin ruptura, land newly broken for cultivation, because such tenure was associated with ordinary freeholders rather than nobles.

Topics

Culture & History

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# roturier

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /roʊˈtʊriˌeɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /rɒˈtjʊərɪeɪ/

## Meanings
1. historical: a commoner, especially a person who belonged to neither the nobility nor the clergy in pre-Revolutionary France
2. historical: belonging to or characteristic of the common social rank rather than the nobility

## Examples
- The prosperous roturier could own land and hold wealth without acquiring noble status.
- The memoir contrasts aristocratic privilege with roturier occupations and taxes.

## Synonyms
- commoner
- plebeian
- non-noble

## Antonyms
- aristocrat
- noble
- peer

## Derived Forms
- roturiers

## Related Forms
- roture
- commoner
- nobility
- Third Estate

## Etymology
Borrowed from French roturier, 'commoner or non-noble,' from roture, the condition or tenure of a commoner. Roture is related to Medieval Latin ruptura, land newly broken for cultivation, because such tenure was associated with ordinary freeholders rather than nobles.

## Topics
- Culture & History

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