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unwashed
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Adjective
Synonyms: Adjective
baseborn, common, humble, ignoble, inferior, low, low-life, lowborn, lower-class, lowly, lumpen, mean, plebeian, prole, proletarian, vulgar
Synonyms: Noun
proletariat, rabble, rabblement, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rout, scum, tag, rag, and bobtail (or tagrag and bobtail), trash
Antonyms: Adjective
aristocratic, blue-blooded, genteel, gentle, grand, great, high, highborn, highbred, lofty, noble, patrician, upper-class, upper-crust, wellborn
Antonyms: Noun
A-list, aristocracy, elite, gentry, quality, society, upper class, upper crust
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13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
1830, in the meaning defined above
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