Word of the Day – Lowling

Lowling (noun) (archaic)

lo-ling

A person of low birth or status; a vulgar, ill-mannered, or uncultured person. Later also: a minion, an underling.

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Mulcaster (?1532–1611), schoolmaster and author. From low + -ling.

Example sentences

“He’s such a lowling, we doubt he’ll amount to much.”