English Explanatory Dictionary

unwashed masses

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The collective group of people who are considered to be uneducated, uninformed, or in some other way unqualified for inclusion in the speaker's elite circles.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

unwashed masses

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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