rabble

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The mass of common people; the lowest class of populace.

   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, [...].

2. 2
   noun

   a disorderly crowd of people

3. 3
   noun

   disparaging terms for the common people

4. 4
   verb

   To speak in a confused manner; talk incoherently; utter nonsense

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

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