vulgarian

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vul·gar·i·an

 (vŭl-gâr′ē-ən)
n.
A person who makes an ostentatious display of wealth and is often poorly educated or lacking in refinement. See Synonyms at boor.
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vulgarian

(vʌlˈɡɛərɪən)
n
a vulgar person, esp one who is rich or has pretensions to good taste
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vul•gar•i•an

(vʌlˈgɛər i ən)

n.
a vulgar person, esp. one who is wealthy, prominent, or has pretensions to good breeding.
[1640–50]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.vulgarian - a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth)
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
ribald - a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
slob, sloven, slovenly person, pig - a coarse obnoxious person
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vulgarian

noun
An unrefined, rude person:
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Translations

vulgarian

[vʌlˈgɛərɪən] N (= unrefined) → ordinario/a m/f; (= wealthy) → ricacho/a m/f
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References in classic literature ?
Everything going out and nothing coming in, as the vulgarians say.
"Curse the whole pack of money-grubbing vulgarians! I fall asleep at their great heavy dinners.
I gave the little vulgarian a shilling, and returned to the club disgusted.
"Hopeless vulgarian!" exclaimed Cecil, almost before they were out of earshot,
Helen roused her by saying: "What a prosperous vulgarian Mr.
The flamboyant Vulgarians are led by Raymund Concepcion as the tyrant Baron Bomburst, and Yulo as the wicked Baroness.
Thank God that the women who fought the battles for our right to vote didn't behave like the hysterical vulgarians on display in our nation's Capitol on Saturday.
The fact is that there is currently no way to quantify how widespread the so-called Bernie Bro attitude is - whether there is a significant contingent of Sanders fans who, like fans of many things online, are misogynistic vulgarians, or whether the whole thing is being inflated.
Li, who is producing the show with his Veyron Media partner Desmond Chen, isn't worried that he is perpetuating a negative stereotype of Chinese immigrants in Vancouver as nouveauriche vulgarians.
For example, Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach is a private club for very nouveaux riches vulgarians and will not allow anyone to cross or use its beach.
I also like that all the vulgarians are good players, and that I take no more pleasure in beating a vulgarian than I would in beating, say, Mother Teresa or Billy Graham.
We may not be on the verge of a Golden Age or even a Silver Age, but as the duopoly of the hatemongering intelligentsia in the academy and the schlockmeistering vulgarians in the publishing industry breaks up, a few bright young men and women might take heart of grace and write something worth reading.