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groundlings
[
ground
-ling
]
ground·ling
/
ˈgraʊnd
lɪŋ
/
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[
ground
-ling
]
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noun
1.
a plant or animal that lives on or close to the
ground
.
2.
any of various fishes that live at the bottom of the water.
3.
a spectator, reader, or other person of unsophisticated or uncultivated tastes; an uncritical or uncultured person.
4.
a member of a theater audience who sits in one of the cheaper seats.
Origin:
1595–1605;
ground
1
+
-ling
1
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