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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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It's terrific value for a high-energy production, though standing for over three hours proves a bit of a trial, and I sympathise with another groundling who faints in the first act.
The artful ticket-dodger by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
iii), Joseph Hall does not name Alleyn, but he refers to 'Turksih Tamberlain' and describes an actor performing 'With high-set steps, and princely carriage', while a poor and ignorant groundling gazes up at'The stalking steps og his great personage/Graced with hof-cap termes and thundring threats' (The Collected Poemsof Joseph Hall, ed.
'A world of ground': terrestrial space in Marlowe's Tamburlaine plays by Jones, Emrys / Yearbook of English Studies
when your Groundling, and gallery-Commoner buys his sport by the penny, and, like a hagler is glad to utter it againe by retailing.
"Honesty and vulgar praise": the Poet's War and the literary field by Gieskes, Edward / Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England
 
 
 
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