Vulgar \Vul"gar\, n. [Cf. F. vulgaire.]

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1. One of the common people; a vulgar person. [Obs.]

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These vile vulgars are extremely proud. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]

2. The vernacular, or common language. [Obs.]

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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Vulgar \Vul"gar\, a. [L. vulgaris, from vulgus the multitude, the common people; of uncertain origin: cf. F. vulgaire. Cf. Divulge.]

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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. [1913 Webster]

Things vulgar, and well-weighed, scarce worth the praise. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

It might be more useful to the English reader . . . to write in our vulgar language. --Bp. Fell. [1913 Webster]

The mechanical process of multiplying books had brought the New Testament in the vulgar tongue within the reach of every class. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Men who have passed all their time in low and vulgar life. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Vulgar fraction. (Arith.) See under Fraction. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

vulgar adj
1: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn: coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth]
2: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn: common, plebeian, unwashed]
3: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species" [syn: common, vernacular]
4: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited" [syn: coarse, crude, earthy, gross]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)