polloin.
/pəˈlɔɪ/, U.S. /pəˈlɔɪ/ colloquial.
The common people, the masses. Cf. hoi polloi n.In quot. 1803: spec. students who study for or obtain a pass degree (cf. poll n.5).
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun]
folkc888
peoplea1325
frapec1330
commona1350
common peoplea1382
commonsa1382
commontya1387
communityc1400
meiniec1400
commonaltya1425
commonsa1500
vulgarsa1513
many1526
meinie1532
multitude1535
the many-headed beast (also monster)1537
number1542
ignobility1546
commonitya1550
popular1554
populace1572
popularya1578
vulgarity?1577
populacya1583
rout1589
the vulgar1590
plebs1591
mobile vulgusc1599
popularity1599
ignoble1603
the million1604
plebe1612
plebeity1614
the common filea1616
the herda1616
civils1644
commonality1649
democracy1656
menu1658
mobile1676
crowd1683
vulgusa1687
mob1691
Pimlico parliament?1774
citizenry1795
polloi1803
demos1831
many-headed1836
hoi polloi1837
the masses1837
citizenhood1843
John Q.1922
wimble-wamble1937
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > [noun] > player > lowest set at public school
polloi1803
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > the rabble
commona1350
rascala1382
rascaldry?1457
routc1475
tag and ragc1535
riff-raff1545
rabble1549
rascabilia1557
rabblement1565
bran1574
rascability1583
rascality1583
canaille1588
canalliary1600
canaglia1607
taga1616
ribble-rabble1635
volge1639
rabble rout1650
tag-rag and bob-tail1660
mobile1676
mobility1690
mob1691
rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725
kennel1726
rough scruff1814
rough scuff1816
tag-rag1826
rascalry1827
rascalment1832
doggery1843
polloi1856
raggle-taggle1958
1803 Gradus ad Cantabrigiam 96 Polloi, οι πολλοι, ‘the many’, those who take their degree without any honour.
1856 Times 9 Apr. 10/3 A sort of dais with seats, surrounded with tricoloured flags..and a trench to keep out the polloi.
1908 Hampton's Broadway Mag. Feb. 644/2 A new show is regarded by the polloi as a Holy of Holies.
1948 E. E. Cummings Let. 27 Aug. (1969) 185 A very refreshingly authentic polloi, & some good lively winds.
1999 Daily Tel. 7 June 20/5 A glib, vacuous conman who was fooling the gullible polloi with empty phrases.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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