canaille


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
canaille /kaˈnʌɪ/
noun (the canaille) derogatory the common people; the masses.
– origin Fr., from Ital. canaglia ‘pack of dogs’, from cane ‘dog’.
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