rabblement

American  

[rab-uhl-muhnt] / ˈræb əl mənt /

noun

1. a tumult; disturbance.

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Etymology

Origin of rabblement

First recorded in 1535–45; rabble ¹ + -ment

Example Sentences

I have the Lady Joan and her maid to think on, 'twould be an ill fate theirs in the hands of yon filthy rabblement.

From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery

Beausobre says of, him: "His principle was, that faith was only fit for the rabblement."

From Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures by Mitchell, Logan

But here was Jean at last, faithful and true, at the head of a rabblement.

From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

More than one runaway from our troop have joined this rabblement, and that gives some credit to the scandal.

From The Betrothed by Scott, Walter, Sir

Him and the rabblement with him, most of them unarmed, they suppressed; on proceeding, however, against the Carcini in whose keeping the robbers had deposited their booty, they encountered trouble.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Dio, Cassius