the mob; rabble
Origin of canaille
Fr, a mob, pack of dogs from Italian canaglia from Classical Latin canis, dog: see houndcanaille
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canaille
noun
DerogatoryThe common people; the masses.
Origin of canaille
French from Italian canaglia pack of dogs, rabble from cane dog from Latin canis ; see kwon- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural canailles)
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