grassroots



grassroots

1. n. the common people, especially rural people. We really haven’t heard anything from the grassroots yet.
2. mod. having to do with or originating with the common people. A grassroots movement pushed Senator Del Monte toward the nomination.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Doncho-Bulgarian, Macedonian
VukaŠIn-Serbian
Mukhamed-Chechen
Hudes-Yiddish
IrmaEER-mah (German, Finnish), UR-mə (English)German, English, Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Georgian, Lithuanian, Hungarian (Rare), Ancient G
Siavash-Persian, Persian Mythology