buhmp kihn noun an ignorant, clumsy, uncultured person from a rural area; yokel. After she started college in the city, she began to regard her friends back home as country bumpkins.

pra lə teI ri ət noun the working class, esp. those who lack capital and must sell their usu. unskilled labor in order to survive. The revolutionaries declared that factories and other…

plə bi ən adjective 1. in ancient Roman society, of or belonging to the class of commoners; not patrician. Although patricians had higher social standing, plebeian citizens owned land and often had…

pra flə giht adjective 1. totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. The profligate son spent most of his time drinking and seducing the young servants. 2. spending imprudently and…

sten to ri ən adjective extremely loud and powerful. The speaker’s stentorian voice shook the room.