See hoi polloi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1992, Charles Mathes, The Girl with the Phony Name:",
"text": "\"You gotta have references from the hoi polloi or else the MacDonalds won't give you the time of day. You don't happen to know the Queen, do you?\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1993, W.E.B. Griffin, The Assassin:",
"text": "\"Always the fashion plate, aren't you, Peter\", the mayor said as he shook Wohl's hand. “Even when you were a little boy.” “I've been out hobnobbing with the hoi polloi, Mr. Mayor.” / “Which hoi polloi would that be?” the mayor asked, chuckling. / “Captain Pekach's fiancée.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1998, Jackie Collins, Lucky, page 352:",
"text": "\"I'm very insulted,\" she stated, picking at her nail polish. / \"Why?\" / \"Am I, Alice Golden, former star of Las Vegas — Lennie inherited everything he knows from me — not good enough to sit at the dinner table with the likes of the hoi polloi?\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Adam Dunn, Rivers of Gold: A Novel, page 15:",
"text": "He sees me as some shiny piece of rough trade in from the boroughs to hobnob with Manhattan's hoi polloi, a chance find that adds a dash of edgy color to his safe, easy life[.]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Jerome Charyn, The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson: A Novel, page 216:",
"text": "It had chandeliers and potted plants, elephantine tables and plush velvet chairs, and it was filled with the hoi polloi I had met on Magazine Street—men in high hats and women in the finest bonnets and bustles.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"The elite."
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"links": [
[
"elite",
"elite"
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"(nonstandard, see Usage notes) The elite."
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"plural",
"plural-only"
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}
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mínzhòng",
"sense": "the common people",
"word": "民眾 /民众"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shùmín",
"sense": "the common people",
"word": "庶民"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàzhòng",
"sense": "the common people",
"word": "大眾 /大众"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "pøbel"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the common people",
"word": "gepeupel"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the common people",
"word": "popolamaso"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "the common people",
"word": "lihtrahvas"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "the common people",
"word": "pööbel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the common people",
"word": "rahvas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plèbe"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "populace"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vulgum pecus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "commun des mortels"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vulgo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Pöbel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oi polloí",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "οι πολλοί"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "plíthos",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πλήθος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "máza",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μάζα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the common people",
"word": "köznép"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lýðurinn"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sauðsvartur almúginn"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slua"
},
{
"alt": "たいしゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "taishū",
"sense": "the common people",
"word": "大衆"
},
{
"alt": "しょみん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shomin",
"sense": "the common people",
"word": "庶民"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plebs"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"pejorative"
],
"word": "hołota"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hoi polloi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plebe"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gentalha"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mássy",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "ма́ссы"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prostonaródʹje",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "простонаро́дье"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "býdlo",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"pejorative"
],
"word": "бы́дло"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "populacho"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plebe"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the common people",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pöbeln"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the common people",
"word": "kreti och pleti"
}
],
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"hoi polloi"
],
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}
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