With the. Redeless people as a class. Obsolete.

With the and plural agreement. Foolish people as a class.

A foolish person. Also: fools collectively (cf. sense 2c). Cf. coxcomb, n. 4a. Obsolete.

allusively. A gathering of fools; a celebration or extravagant display of foolishness. Cf. ship of fools n. at ship, n.1 phrases 3.

With the and plural agreement. Foolish people as a class.

a ship whose passengers represent various types of vice or folly.

Also with capital initial. Foolish people collectively; a set of foolish people. Obsolete.

The state or condition of being a fool; foolishness; (also, esp. in early use) foolish people collectively; the world or realm of fools.

With the and plural agreement. Foolish people considered as a class. Cf. boob, n.1 1a. Now somewhat rare.

Stupid, inept, or blundering people considered collectively, esp. as a social or political class; a group of people characterized as being foolish…