ruptuary Meaning, Definition & Usage

Rup"tu*a*ry noun

Etymology

Cf. Roturier.

Definitions

1. One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier. R.

   The exclusion of the French ruptuaries ("roturiers," for history must find a word for this class when it speaks of other nations) from the order of nobility. Chenevix.