rabble
A mob; a disorderly crowdA mob; a disorderly crowd.
» The rabble has decapitated the king.
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5 sensesA mob; a disorderly crowd.
толпа́tolpá, сбродsbrod, черньčernʹ
a disorderly crowd of people
(derogatory)The mass of common people; the lowest class of populace.
Pöbel
сбродsbrod, черньčernʹ, бы́дло n толпа́býdlo
disparaging terms for the common people
An iron bar used in puddling.
(obsolete)A bewildered or meaningless string of words.
(obsolete)A pack of animals; or any confused collection of things.
Examples
4 sentencesThe rabble has decapitated the king.
Tom called the striking workers a rabble.
We are the rabble.
As when in mighty multitudes bursts out / sedition, and the wrathful rabble rave; / rage finds them arms; stones, firebrands fly about.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English rabel, probably from the verb (see above). From Old French roable (moFrom 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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Forms
plural: rabblesSynonyms
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