rabble

n.

1. A tumultuous crowd; a mob.
2. The lowest or coarsest class of people. Often used with the.
3. A group of persons regarded with contempt: “After subsisting on the invisible margins of the art scene … he was ‘discovered’ in the mid-80's, along with a crowd of like-minded rabble from the East Village” (Richard B. Woodward).

[Middle English.]

rab·ble² (răb'əl)
n.

1. An iron bar used to stir and skim molten iron in puddling.
2. Any of various similar tools or mechanically operated devices used in roasting or refining furnaces.

tr.v., -bled, -bling, -bles.

To stir or skim (molten iron) with an iron bar.

[French râble, fire shovel, from Old French roable, from Medieval Latin rotābulum, from Latin rutābulum, from rutus, past participle of ruere, to rake up, tumble down.]

rabbler rab'bler n.

noun

A group of persons regarded as the lowest class: dreg (often used in plural), lumpenproletariat, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, trash. Slang scum. Idioms: scum of the earth, tag and rag, the great unwashed. See over/under, rich/poor.

n

Definition: common people
Antonyms: aristocracy, nobility

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh, of Arabian fable -- omnipotent on condition that it do nothing. (The word is Aristocratese, and has no exact equivalent in our tongue, but means, as nearly as may be, "soaring swine.")

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IN BRIEF: A mob or crowd.

The rabble became angry after new taxes were announced in the speech.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - pøbel, rakkerpak
v. tr. - overfalde i flok

2.
n. - ildrager, rørestang
v. tr. - overfalde i flok

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongeregelde menigte, het gepeupel, verachtelijke groep mensen, roerstaaf voor gesmolten metaal

Français (French)
1.
n. - cohue, populace
v. tr. - assaillir, se presser autour

2.
n. - (Métal) râble
v. tr. - remuer/écrémer le fer en fusion

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Menge, Pöbel
v. - krählen, rühren

2.
n. - Menge, Pöbel
v. - krählen, rühren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - όχλος, συρφετός
v. - αναδεύω (μάζα σιδήρου)

Italiano (Italian)
plebaglia, calca, ressa, folla in tumulto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - turba (f), ralé (f)
v. - atacar, insultar

Русский (Russian)
сброд, толпа

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - gentío, populacho, chusma
v. tr. - asediar, sitiar en forma tumultuosa

2.
n. - barra para revolver el metal fundido
v. tr. - asediar, sitiar en forma tumultuosa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - slödder, folkhop, slaggspett
v. - belägra genom att bilda en folkhop, blanda en smält massa i en smältugn

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 乌合之众, 下层民众, 暴民

2. 长柄耙, 机械搅拌器, 用长柄耙搅拌

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 長柄耙, 機械攪拌器
v. tr. - 用長柄耙攪拌

2.
n. - 烏合之眾, 下層民眾, 暴民

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 소란스런 군중, 폭도

2.
n. - 교반봉
v. tr. - (금속 등을) 녹여 휘젓다, 빨리 말하다, 되는 대로 일을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 群衆, 暴徒, 大衆, 野次馬

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حشد من الناس, , مجموعه أشياء مختلطه (فعل) يقلب, يسوط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אספסוף, ההמון הפשוט, בני המעמד הנמוך‬
v. tr. - ‮התקהלו סביב‬
n. - ‮מוט ברזל לערבוב מתכת מותכת עם קצה כפוף‬
v. tr. - ‮בחש (מתכת) בכבשן‬

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