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

Example Sentences

Beausobre says of, him: "His principle was, that faith was only fit for the rabblement."

From Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures by Mitchell, Logan

At this present writing, Louis the Gouty is wheeling in triumph into Piccadilly, in all the pomp and rabblement of royalty.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

More than one runaway from our troop have joined this rabblement, and that gives some credit to the scandal.

From The Betrothed by Scott, Walter, Sir

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 Dio, Cassius

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

From The Geste of Duke Jocelyn by Farnol, Jeffery