Polloi

Definitions

Noun. [B1]

Equivalents

Examples

“From my vantage point⟳ in this teeming city it appears that Father—feeling, I suspect⟳, that it was ordained—accepts Mr. Coolidge’s victory too complacently. His rural retreat is untouched by the temper of the polloi.”

“On the other side a number⟳ of thinkers have⟳ espoused the cause of the polloi. History is the vicissitudes of common folk, and nothing nobler can be contemplated than the numberless multitudes who shape⟳ the world’s destiny.”

“‘[…]What is M. Fouquet? M. Fouquet,’ replied d’Artagnan to himself, ‘is a handsome man, very much beloved by the women; a generous man, very much beloved by the poets; a man of wit, much execrated by the polloi. Not being woman, nor polloi, I neither love⟳ nor hate⟳ Monsieur the Superintendent.[…]’”

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