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mid⋅dle⋅brow

[mid-l-brou]
–noun Informal.
a person of conventional tastes and interests in matters of culture; a moderately cultivated person.

Origin:
1920–25; middle + brow, on the model of highbrow, lowbrow


mid⋅dle⋅brow⋅ism, noun
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mid·dle·brow   (mĭd'l-brou')   
n.   Informal
One who is somewhat cultured, with conventional tastes and interests; one who is neither highbrow nor lowbrow.

[middle + (high)brow and (low)brow.]
mid'dle·brow' adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
middlebrow

  1. mod.
    middle-class; average or mediocre. (Between highbrow and lowbrow.) : She has average middlebrow tastes and drives a midsized Chevrolet.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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