vulgarian

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Of course, even a Greek could not endorse threatening dangerous drivers with anal violence, but it's good to see that the Aussie stereotype of the plain-speaking vulgarian is alive and well. here and is well worth a look.

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  1. noun A vulgar person, especially one who makes a conspicuous display of wealth. See Synonyms at boor.

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  • Then there was a rich vulgarian, who had inveigled a poor gentleman into being his travelling companion, in return for his expenses. —  The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II
  • Let us be grateful that Hawthorne does not so covet the applause of the clever club-man or of the unconscious vulgarian, as to junket about in caravan, carrying the passions with him in gaudy cages, and feeding them with raw flesh; grateful that he never loses the archangelic light of pure, divine, dispassionate wrath, in piercing the dragon! —  A Study Of Hawthorne
  • Of course, even a Greek could not endorse threatening dangerous drivers with anal violence, but it's good to see that the Aussie stereotype of the plain-speaking vulgarian is alive and well. here and is well worth a look. —  Mr Eugenides
  • Worse yet, Mozart is a vulgarian, an impulsive free spirit who makes crude jokes and chases his future wife right in the Emperor's palace, climbing under the pastry tables. —  DVD Talk
  • Animator / humorist Seth MacFarlane is either a rapier wit or a cheap-shot free-associating vulgarian, depending on which side of the ever-raging —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
 

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/vəlˈgeɪriən/
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