Groundling
Pronunciation : Ground"ling
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Ground + -ling.]
Definition : 1. (Zo?l.)
Defn: A fish that keeps at the bottom of the water, as the loach.
2. A spectator in the pit of a theater, which formerly was on the ground, and without floor or benches. No comic buffoon to make the groundlings laugh. Coleridge.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913