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gregarian, a. rare.|grɪˈgɛərɪən|
[f. L. gregāri-us (see gregarious) + -an.]
Belonging to the herd or common sort. Of a soldier: Common, private (= L. gregārius miles).
1632Sir T. Hawkins tr. Mathieu's Vnhappy Prosperitie i. 112 Even as the meanest gregarian souldier. 1640Bp. H. King Serm. 16 Those Gregarian sparks, those Plebeian lesser Starres, which people the skie. c1645Howell Lett. (1650) III. 2 The Gregarian Soldiers and gross of the Army is well-affected to him.
Hence greˈgarianism, the practice of collecting in flocks or companies.
1881Truth 13 Oct. 460/1 The tendency to gregarianism is nowhere more manifest than along the Riviera. |