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 [mid-l-brou]  

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

Related forms
mid·dle·brow·ism, noun
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middlebrow (ˈmɪdəlˌbraʊ)
 
—n
1.  a person with conventional tastes and limited cultural appreciation
 
—adj
2.  of or appealing to middlebrows: middlebrow culture
 
'middlebrowism
 
—n

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middlebrow definition


  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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