蒼そう氓ぼう

noun

the common people; the masses; the populace

A literary, somewhat archaic term for the general populace, often with a nuance of the ordinary, unremarkable masses. Not used in everyday conversation; modern equivalents include 民衆 or 大衆.

• その詩し人じんは蒼そう氓ぼうの声こえを代だい弁べんしようとした。

  The poet tried to speak for the voice of the common people.