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ruptuary

ruptuary noun: one not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier.

Noun

ruptuary (plural ruptuaries)

  1. (obsolete, rare) One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier.
    • 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.1832, Richard Chenevix, An Essay Upon National Character […]

Forms of ruptuary

pluralruptuaries

Origin of ruptuary

Compare roturier.

Questions about ruptuary

What does ruptuary mean?
Ruptuary means one not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier.
What part of speech is ruptuary?
Ruptuary is a noun.
What is the plural of ruptuary?
The plural of ruptuary is ruptuaries.

Words near ruptuary in the dictionary

  1. ruptile
  2. ruption
  3. ruptions
  4. ruptive
  5. ruptuaries
  6. ruptuary
  7. rupturable
  8. rupture
  9. rupture of membranes
  10. ruptured
  11. ruptured duck

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