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Definition of canaille in English: canaillenoun kəˈnɑːikanajkəˈneɪl the canaillederogatory The common people; the masses. 〈贬〉愚民，民众；群众 the haughty contempt of a grandee sneering at the canaille Example sentencesExamples - Lombroso's work was translated into French in 1887 and won the praise of Hippolyte Taine, who thought that the French Revolution was caused by a debauched and degenerate canaille.
- The tradition of Richelieu has today been inherited by a republican canaille that is wholly lacking the finesse of the ancien régime.
- Of course, a separate competition will have to be mounted for politicians, who cannot fairly be allowed to tilt with common canaille.
- Brummell did the reverse, reinforcing exclusivism in the coming age of industry, teaching the upper classes to rely on cut to distinguish themselves from the canaille.
- All social institutions have been adapted to suit the prejudices of a canaille debased beyond any degeneracy that our forefathers could have imagined.
Synonyms rabble, scum, vermin, dregs, good-for-nothings, lowest of the low, underclass, the dregs, untouchables, the hoi polloi
OriginFrench, from Italian canaglia 'pack of dogs', from cane 'dog'. Definition of canaille in US English: canaillenounkəˈneɪlkəˈnāl the canaillederogatory The common people; the masses. 〈贬〉愚民，民众；群众 the haughty contempt of a grandee sneering at the canaille Example sentencesExamples - Brummell did the reverse, reinforcing exclusivism in the coming age of industry, teaching the upper classes to rely on cut to distinguish themselves from the canaille.
- The tradition of Richelieu has today been inherited by a republican canaille that is wholly lacking the finesse of the ancien régime.
- Of course, a separate competition will have to be mounted for politicians, who cannot fairly be allowed to tilt with common canaille.
- Lombroso's work was translated into French in 1887 and won the praise of Hippolyte Taine, who thought that the French Revolution was caused by a debauched and degenerate canaille.
- All social institutions have been adapted to suit the prejudices of a canaille debased beyond any degeneracy that our forefathers could have imagined.
Synonyms rabble, scum, vermin, dregs, good-for-nothings, lowest of the low, underclass, the dregs, untouchables, the hoi polloi
OriginFrench, from Italian canaglia ‘pack of dogs’, from cane ‘dog’. |