▪ ordinary people, especially when regarded as socially inferior or uncouth.Similarthe common peoplethe massesthe populacethe publicthe multitudethe rank and filethe commonalitythe commonaltythe third estatethe plebeiansthe proletariatthe peasantrythe crowdthe hoi polloithe lower classesthe common herdthe riffraffthe canaillethe great unwashedthe dregs of societythe ragtag (and bobtail)the prolesthe plebsOppositearistocracynobility
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘string of meaningless words’ and ‘pack of animals’): perhaps related to dialect rabble ‘to gabble’.
