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

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

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

Two other cuts—mere rabblement and eyesore—leave on the mind a feeling of disgust almost without interest and without shame.

From George Cruikshank by Chesson, W. H.

In the stage directions of this scene, Shakespeare shows his own opinion of the mob by writing, "Enter Cade and his rabblement."

From Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare by Chertkov, V. G. (Vladimir Grigorevich)

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