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US /ˈɹæbəl/
Freq #17972

Meanings

  1. 1

    Such practices as Theſe, too groſs to lye / Long unobſerv'd by each diſcerning Eye, / The more judicious Iſraelites Unſpell'd, / Though ſtill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, [...].

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Synonyms
1 noun · the mass of common people;... canaillecommonalitycommonaltycrowddemoseveryonegeneral publicgreat unhosed
2 noun · a disorderly crowd of people rout
3 noun · disparaging terms for the... ragtagragtag and bobtailriffraff
Word family
Derived forms rabble-rousingrabblementrabblesomerabblyribble-rabble

Etymology

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

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