groundling

Definition of Groundling in English :

1. groundling

in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Groundling

noun

1.

any animal or plant that lives close to the ground or at the bottom of a lake, river, etc

2.

a.

(in Elizabethan theatre) a spectator standing in the yard in front of the stage and paying least

b.

a spectator in the cheapest section of any theatre

3.

a person on the ground as distinguished from one in an aircraft

noun

1.

a.

a fish that lives close to the bottom of the water

b.

an animal that lives on or in the ground

c.

a plant that grows close to the ground

2.

a.

in an Elizabethan theater, a person who watched the performance from cheap standing room in the pit

b.

a person lacking critical ability or taste

n.

1. A bottom fish.

2.

a. A spectator in the cheap standing-room section of an Elizabethan theater.

b. A person with uncultivated tastes.