Definition of Rabblement

1. n. A tumultuous crowd of low people; a rabble.

Definition of Rabblement

1. Noun. (obsolete) A crowd of common people; a rabble ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rabblement

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rabblement

rabbits
rabbitted
rabbitting
rabbittite
rabbitts
rabbitweed
rabbitwood
rabbity
rabble
rabble-rouser
rabble-rousers
rabble-rousing
rabble rouser
rabble rousers
rabbled
rabblement (current term)
rabblements
rabblerousing
rabblers
rabbles
rabbling
rabblings
rabboni
rabbonis
rabdoidal
rabdology
rabdomancy
rabdomyo sarcoma

Literary usage of Rabblement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect by John Howard Nodal, George Milner (1875)
"rabblement, si. a crowd of disorderly folk ; a mob. SPENSER. 1590. ... Aw don't want to be a show for ony mak o' rabblement "at happens to be i' th-' ..."

2. The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: With a Life of the Martyrologist, and by John Foxe, George Townsend (1843)
"AD 1220. whole catalogue or rabblement of monks, friars, and nuns, of all sects, rules and orders, set up and confirmed by the pope. ..."

3. The Comic Annual by Thomas Hood (1836)
"... and answered by the shouts of the whole rabblement of the place, who knew Miss Norman quite as well, by sight, as " her own carriage ! ..."

4. A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their Etymology, and by John Trotter Brockett (1829)
"rabblement, a tumultuous crowd, a mob. A very old word, still in use, though Dr. Johnson has stated it to be obsolete. RACK, t. a track, a trace. ..."

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