rabble

rabble
rabble (n.) c.1300, "pack of animals," possibly related to M.E. rablen "speak in a rapid, confused manner," probably imitative of hurry and confusion (Cf. M.Du. rabbelen, Low Ger. rabbeln "to chatter"). Meaning "tumultuous crowd of people" is first recorded 1510s; applied contemptuously to the common or low part of any populace from 1550s. Rabble-rousing first attested 1802 in Sydney Smith.

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