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Synonyms for rabble

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rab-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræb əl

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Définition of rabble

Origin :
  • c.1300, "pack of animals," possibly related to Middle English rablen "to gabble, speak in a rapid, confused manner," probably imitative of hurry, noise, and confusion (cf. Middle Dutch rabbelen, Low German rabbeln "to chatter"). Meaning "tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people" is from late 14c.; applied contemptuously to the common or low part of any populace from 1550s.
  • noun mob
Example sentences :
  • She lifted one hand in a gesture of command, and called out to the rabble.
  • Extract from : « Priestess of the Flame » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
  • Behind these stood a rabble of some thirty others at six sous apiece.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • It is the day of the Dantons, and the Marats, the day of the rabble.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • A person of breeding choosing the cause of the rout and rabble!
  • Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
  • And are these people—this rabble that you talk of—received as my papa's guests?
  • Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever
  • In the end he was taken unawares by the out-rush of the rabble.
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • At every pause the rabble below yelled, 'Down with the Oligarchs!
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • The philosophers of the Institute caught the manners of the rabble.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 » by Various
  • Two years from now, when the rabble get onto the racket, the glory will be gone.
  • Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
  • Dorn saw his eyes kindle with a kindliness as he denounced the rabble about them.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
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