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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
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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