rabblement

American  

[rab-uhl-muhnt] / ˈræb əl mənt /

noun

1. a tumult; disturbance.

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Etymology

Origin of rabblement

First recorded in 1535–45; rabble ¹ + -ment

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Example Sentences

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rabblement

Jack Cade's rabblement was no whit more laughable an assemblage than the army which Robert proposed to lead to victory.

From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield

Two other cuts—mere rabblement and eyesore—leave on the mind a feeling of disgust almost without interest and without shame.

From George Cruikshank by W. H. Chesson

Stand back, I say, all three,   And leave this wicked rabblement to me.

From The Geste of Duke Jocelyn by Jeffery Farnol

Him and the rabblement with him, most of them unarmed, they suppressed; on proceeding, however, against the Carcini in whose keeping the robbers had deposited their booty, they encountered trouble.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio

In the stage directions of this scene, Shakespeare shows his own opinion of the mob by writing, "Enter Cade and his rabblement."

From Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare by V. G. (Vladimir Grigorevich) Chertkov

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