Meaning

5 senses
  1. A mob; a disorderly crowd.

    толпа́tolpá, сбродsbrod, черньčernʹ

    a disorderly crowd of people

  2. (derogatory)The mass of common people; the lowest class of populace.

    Pöbel

    сбродsbrod, черньčernʹ, бы́дло n толпа́býdlo

    disparaging terms for the common people

  3. An iron bar used in puddling.

  4. (obsolete)A bewildered or meaningless string of words.

  5. (obsolete)A pack of animals; or any confused collection of things.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The rabble has decapitated the king.

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  2. Tom called the striking workers a rabble.

  3. We are the rabble.

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  4. As when in mighty multitudes bursts out / sedition, and the wrathful rabble rave; / rage finds them arms; stones, firebrands fly about.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
a disorderly crowd:
the mass of common people; the lowest class of people:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the mass of common people; the lowest class of people:

Origin

From Middle English rabel, probably from the verb (see above). From Old French roable (mo

From Middle English rabel, probably from the verb (see above).

From Old French roable (modern French râble), from Latin rutabulum (“a poker”).

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