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   rabble

   /ˈrabl/

   noun

   • 1. a disorderly crowd; a mob: "he was met by a rabble of noisy, angry youths" Similar mob(disorderly) crowdthronggangswarmhosthordepackpresscrushjamgatheringassemblagemultitudemassbodygrouparchaic:rout
   • ▪ ordinary people, especially when regarded as socially inferior or uncouth: "the British feel no compunction about ushering the gentry into the coach and packing the rabble off to debtor's prison" Similar the common peoplethe massesthe populacethe publicthe multitudethe rank and filethe commonalitythe commonaltythe third estatethe plebeiansthe proletariatthe peasantrythe crowdthe hoi polloithe lower classesthe common herdthe riff-raffthe canaillethe great unwashedthe dregs of societythe ragtag (and bobtail)the prolesthe plebsOpposite aristocracynobility
   • 2. a large group of butterflies: rare "we arrived at the grounds after following a rabble of butterflies"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the senses ‘string of meaningless words’ and ‘pack of animals’): perhaps related to dialect rabble ‘to gabble’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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