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View synonyms for canaille
canaille
[ kuh-neyl; French ka-nah-yuh ]
noun
- riffraff; rabble.
canaille
/ kanɑj /
noun
- the masses; mob; rabble
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Word History and Origins
Origin of canaille1
1670–80; < French < Italian canaglia pack of dogs, equivalent to can ( e ) dog (< Latin canis ) + -aglia collective suffix
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Word History and Origins
Origin of canaille1
C17: from French, from Italian canaglia pack of dogs
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Example Sentences
Hamburg writhed impotent at his feet and the "heavy arm of justice fell on the canaille."
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They called her sinner, which she was; and she called them canaille, which they probably were.
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Why must the canaille make so hideous a noise when it amuses itself?
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Were she Duchess she would teach the canaille what was fitting for it!
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I suppose this is the case where the blood of a gentleman boils indignantly at the challenge of the canaille.
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