low or inferior in station or quality; a humble cottage; a lowly parish priest; a modest man of the people; small beginnings

[ Syn: humble , low , modest , small ]

inferior in rank or status; the junior faculty; a lowly corporal; petty officialdom; a subordinate functionary

[ Syn: junior-grade , lower-ranking , petty , secondary , subaltern ]

used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

[ Syn: humble , menial ]

of low birth or station (`base is archaic in this sense); baseborn wretches with dirty faces; of humble (or lowly) birth

[ Syn: base , baseborn , humble ]