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groundling
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ground·ling  (groundlng)
n.
1.
a. A plant or an animal that lives on or close to the ground.
b. A bottom fish.
2. A person with uncultivated tastes.
3. A spectator in the cheap standing-room section of an Elizabethan theater.
groundling [ˈgraʊndlɪŋ]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) any animal or plant that lives close to the ground or at the bottom of a lake, river, etc.
2. (Performing Arts / Theatre)
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. (Engineering / Aeronautics) a person on the ground as distinguished from one in an aircraft
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Noun1.groundling - in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section
playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer - someone who attends the theater


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These proponents of "modernization" forget that Shakespeare's productions were mass entertainment, as wildly popular in their own time for the uneducated groundlings standing near the stage as for the gentry seated in the stalls and that, first and foremost, they were written to be performed by trained actors.
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All around her signature tiny panels range the groundlings, who offer commentary on all sorts of topics from the actual execution of the plays to the weather.
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