Definition (adj) low or inferior in station or quality
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a humble cottage
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a lowly parish priest
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a modest man of the people
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small beginnings
Definition (adj) inferior in rank or status
Example Sentence
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the junior faculty
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a lowly corporal
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petty officialdom
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a subordinate functionary
Definition (adj) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
Definition (adj) of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
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baseborn wretches with dirty faces
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of humble (or lowly) birth
