Main entry: lowly, base, baseborn, humble
Definition: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
Usage: baseborn wretches with dirty faces; of humble (or lowly) birth
Main entry: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, subaltern, secondary, petty
Definition: inferior in rank or status
Usage: the junior faculty; a lowly corporal; petty officialdom; a subordinate functionary
Main entry: humble, menial, lowly
Definition: used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
Main entry: humble, small, low, lowly, modest
Definition: low or inferior in station or quality
Usage: a humble cottage; a lowly parish priest; a modest man of the people; small beginnings