humble
/ˈhʌmbəl/ noun C2- People with a low position or a low opinion of themselves; those who are not proud, arrogant, or assuming. · c. 590 AD: Liber Regulae Pastoralis by Pope Gregory I "The humble are to be admonished not to be more submissive than is right".
- An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.
Plural humbles
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Of the double moats which had guarded its more warlike predecessor, the outer had been allowed to dry up, and served the humble function of a kitchen garden.
In describing to her all the grandeur of Lady Catherine and her mansion, with occasional digressions in praise of his own humble abode, and the improvements it was receiving, he was happily employed until the gentlemen joined them; and he found in Mrs.
“You are very humble today,” remarked the governor; “you are not so always; the other day, for instance, when you tried to kill the turnkey.”
“Is Bagheera,” said the Black Panther, and his jaws shut with a snap, for he did not believe in being humble.
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