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Definition of VULGAR

Vulgar
Vulgar Vul"gar, a. [L. vulgaris, from vulgus the multitude, the common people; of uncertain origin: cf. F. vulgaire. Cf. Divulge.] 1. Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular. ``As common as any the most vulgar thing to sense. ' -- Shak. Things vulgar, and well-weighed, scarce worth the praise. --Milton. It might be more useful to the English reader . . . to write in our vulgar language. --Bp. Fell. The mechanical process of multiplying books had brought the New Testament in the vulgar tongue within the reach of every class. --Bancroft. 2. Belonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished; hence, sometimes, of little or no value. ``Like the vulgar sort of market men.' --Shak. Men who have passed all their time in low and vulgar life. --Addison. In reading an account of a battle, we follow the hero with our whole attention, but seldom reflect on the vulgar heaps of slaughter. --Rambler. 3. Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish; also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low; coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or manners. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. --Shak. Vulgar fraction. (Arith.) See under Fraction.
Vulgar
Vulgar Vul"gar, n. [Cf. F. vulgaire.] 1. One of the common people; a vulgar person. [Obs.] These vile vulgars are extremely proud. --Chapman. 2. The vernacular, or common language. [Obs.]

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