\Vul"gar\, a. [L. vulgaris, from vulgus the multitude,
the common people; of uncertain origin: cf. F. vulgaire. Cf.
{Divulge}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people;
   common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use;
   vernacular. ``As common as any the most vulgar thing to
   sense. '' -- Shak.
         Things vulgar, and well-weighed, scarce worth the
         praise.                               --Milton.
         It might be more useful to the English reader . . .
         to write in our vulgar language.      --Bp. Fell.
         The mechanical process of multiplying books had
         brought the New Testament in the vulgar tongue
         within the reach of every class.      --Bancroft.
2. Belonging or relating to the common people, as
   distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining
   to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished;
   hence, sometimes, of little or no value. ``Like the vulgar
   sort of market men.'' --Shak.
         Men who have passed all their time in low and vulgar
         life.                                 --Addison.
         In reading an account of a battle, we follow the
         hero with our whole attention, but seldom reflect on
         the vulgar heaps of slaughter.        --Rambler.
3. Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish;
   also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low;
   coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or
   manners.
         Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. --Shak.
{Vulgar fraction}. (Arith.) See under {Fraction}.

\Vul"gar\, n. [Cf. F. vulgaire.]
1. One of the common people; a vulgar person. [Obs.]
         These vile vulgars are extremely proud. --Chapman.
2. The vernacular, or common language. [Obs.]