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   Ground·ling

   /ˈɡroundliNG/

   

   noun

   • 1. a spectator or reader of inferior taste, such as a member of a theater audience who traditionally stood in the pit below the stage: "Dante is not for groundlings"
   • 2. a person on the ground as opposed to one in a spacecraft or aircraft.
   • 3. a fish that lives at the bottom of lakes and streams, especially a gudgeon or loach.
   • 4. a creeping or dwarf plant.

   Word Origin early 17th century (denoting a fish): from ground1 + -ling; compare with Dutch grondeling, German Gründling ‘gudgeon’.

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