English Explanatory Dictionary

canaille

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar.
  2. Shorts or inferior flour.

Pronunciation

/kəˈnaɪ/ /kəˈneɪl/

Word forms

canaille canailles

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French canaille.

Synonyms

canaille commonality commonalty crowd demos everyone general public great unhosed great unwashed herd hoi polloi lower class many masses mob multitude odds and sods peasantry plebs populace proletariat rabble rank and file riffraff third estate trash unwashed unwashed masses working class
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