Canaille
[kә'neili]
Definition
(n.) The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar.
(n.) Shorts or inferior flour.
Edited by Harold
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Fr.] Populace, rabble, mob, riffraff, the vulgar, the people, the crowd, vulgar herd, the ignoble vulgar, low people, lowest class of people, the multitude, the million, scum of society, dregs of society, RAG-TAG-AND-BOB-TAIL.
Checker: Marsha
Definition
n. the mob the vulgar rabble.
Edited by Clio
Examples
- Why does he give himself away to such canaille? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- If you can keep the canaille of that opinion, said Augustine. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It is the educated, the intelligent, the wealthy, the refined, who ought to have equal rights and not the canaille. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Leave that to the CANAILLE who can do nothing else. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Edited by Clio