Adjective
1. low or inferior in station or quality;
"a humble cottage""a lowly parish priest""a modest man of the people""small beginnings"2. inferior in rank or status;
"the junior faculty""a lowly corporal""petty officialdom""a subordinate functionary"3. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
4. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces""of humble (or lowly) birth"