Untitled (Adjective)
Meaning
Not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- In earlier centuries, social norms were based heavily on distinction between titled aristocracy and untitled civilians.
- Some cultures looked down upon the practice of intermarriage between the titled and untitled, claiming it led to class differences within the household.
- At royal functions, those in attendance are required to acknowledge titles in specific orders of precedence with titled members ahead of the untitled guests.
- Members of titled aristocratic families usually occupied leadership roles and places of higher standing in government as compared to the untitled classes.
- Separate tax rules in medieval Europe made certain types of assets exclusively for those holding royal titles with rules entirely distinct for untitled taxpayers.