base person

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Not once in all her life did he know her to give her affection to a base person; and if ever he disregarded her antipathies, he did it to his cost.

From Love's Pilgrimage by Sinclair, Upton

The fact of their removal being made known to the brotherhood, they thought some base person had robbed the lady of her important charge.

From Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. by Green, Jonathan Harrington

There was no one that the Romans despised so much as a traitor, and the general thought this old woman was the most mean and base person he had ever met.

From Stories from English History by Skae, Hilda T.

Limmer, lim′ėr, n. a mongrel-hound: a base person, esp. a jade.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Introduce a base person among gentlemen, it is all to no purpose; he is not their fellow.

From Essays — First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo