canaille
ca·naille
(kə-nī′, -nāl′)n. Derogatory
The common people; the masses.
[French, from Italian canaglia, pack of dogs, rabble, from cane, dog, from Latin canis; see kwon- in Indo-European roots.]
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canaille
(kanɑj)n
the masses; mob; rabble
[C17: from French, from Italian canaglia pack of dogs]
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ca•naille
(kəˈnaɪ, -ˈneɪl)n.
riffraff; rabble.
[1670–80; < French < Italian canaglia pack of dogs < Latin canis]
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Canaille
the rabble; a mob; the lowest class of people, 1676.Example: canaille of miscreants, 1680.
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