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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rab•ble1 /ˈræbəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a disorderly crowd;
mob. - the rabble, [plural* used with a plural verb] the lower classes;
the common people.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rab•ble1 (rab′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -bled, -bling. n. - a disorderly crowd;
mob. - the rabble, the lower classes;
the common people:The nobility held the rabble in complete contempt. v.t. - to beset as a rabble does;
mob.
- Middle English rabel (noun, nominal), of uncertain origin, originally 1350–1400
rab•ble2 (rab′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -bled, -bling. [Metall.]n. - Metallurgya tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace.
v.t. - Metallurgyto stir (a charge) in a roasting furnace.
- Latin rutābulum implement for shifting hot coals, equivalent. to *rutā(re) presumed frequentative of ruere to churn up, disturb + -bulum suffix of instrument
- French râble fire-shovel, tool, Middle French raable
- 1655–65
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