rabble
1a disorderly crowd; mob.
the rabble, the lower classes; the common people: The nobility held the rabble in complete contempt.
to beset as a rabble does; mob.
Origin of rabble
1Other definitions for rabble (2 of 2)
a tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace.
to stir (a charge) in a roasting furnace.
Origin of rabble
2Other words from rabble
- rabbler, noun
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How to use rabble in a sentence
Unhappily throughout a large part of Scotland the clergy of the Established Church were, to use the phrase then common, rabbled.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayA form of notice was drawn up and served on every curate in the Western Lowlands who had not yet been rabbled.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayIn the Western Lowlands, the beneficed clergy had been so effectually rabbled, that scarcely one of them had remained at his post.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulaySurely, it was said, a rabbled curate might well be left to the severe scrutiny of the sixty Inquisitors.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayHe was sorely in fear of being rabbled by the Hill Folk, so he cam' his ways here, silly body.
Lochinvar | S. R. Crockett
British Dictionary definitions for rabble (1 of 2)
/ (ˈræbəl) /
a disorderly crowd; mob
the rabble derogatory the common people
Origin of rabble
1British Dictionary definitions for rabble (2 of 2)
/ (ˈræbəl) /
Also called: rabbler an iron tool or mechanical device for stirring, mixing, or skimming a molten charge in a roasting furnace
(tr) to stir, mix, or skim (the molten charge) in a roasting furnace
Origin of rabble
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