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   Vulgar , a. [L. vulgaris, from vulgus the multitude, the common people; of uncertain origin: cf. F. vulgaire. Cf. Divulge.]
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   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.
   
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   Things vulgar, and well-weighed, scarce worth the praise.
   Milton.
   
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   It might be more useful to the English reader . . . to write in our vulgar language.
   Bp. Fell.
   
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   The mechanical process of multiplying books had brought the New Testament in the vulgar tongue within the reach of every class.
   Bancroft.
   
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   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.” 
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   Men who have passed all their time in low and vulgar life.
   Addison.
   
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   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.
   
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   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.
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   Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
   Shak.
   
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   Vulgar fraction. (Arith.) See under Fraction.
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   Vulgar, n. [Cf. F. vulgaire.]
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   One of the common people; a vulgar person. [Obs.]
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   These vile vulgars are extremely proud.
   Chapman.
   
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   The vernacular, or common language. [Obs.]
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