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‖ roturier, n. and a.|rɔtyrje|
Also 7 roturer, and 8–9 fem. -iere |-jɛr|.
[F., f. roture: see prec. and -ier.]
A. n. A plebeian; a person of low rank.
1586J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 12 Be he Marchaunt, Burgesse, Roturier, peysaunt or slaue. 1594R. Ashley tr. Loys le Roy 56 Although..it was not lawfull for any Roturier or common person, to possesse any fee simple. 1649Howell Pre-em. Parl. 10 The poor Roturier and Vineyard man. 1660― Parly of Beasts 18 My profession was both a Vineyard-man, and a Roturer, a poor Peasan I was. 1756Nugent Gr. Tour IV. 13 The third are the Roturiers, and comprehends their tradesmen, yeomen, and husbandmen, or peasants. 1798C. Smith Yng. Philos. I. 104 Sinking into the rank of plebeians, roturiers, fellows who live by digging. 1807Edin. Rev. II. 125 The roturier and the noble were pretty nearly equal. 1833Lytton Godolphin 38 She'll take in some rich roturier, I hope. 1868M. E. Braddon Dead Sea Fr. I. iv. 61 Palaces are common enough.., and the roturier may find one ready for his occupation.
2. In Canada, one who holds real estate subject to an annual rent.
1861May Const. Hist. (1863) II. xvii. 575 A representative assembly, to which freeholders or roturiers to the amount of {pstlg}500 were eligible as members.
B. adj. Plebeian.
1614Selden Titles Hon. 302 With the Roturier or base tenures, this place hath not to do. 1791C. Smith Celestina (ed. 2) IV. 227 Her mother was roturiere. 1792― Desmond I. 243 You, Sir, have owned that your family is roturier. 1817Lady Morgan France i. (1818) I. 73, I have heard Napoleon's roturiere origin quoted by the royalistes purs. 1835H. Greville Diary 2 May, His manners, though courteous.., are roturier and vulgar. |