canaille

noun

Definition of canaillenext
as in proletarian

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  1. proletarian
  2. plebeian
  3. commoner
  4. peasant
Noun
  • Later in the novel, Hans’s mind turns to the brutality of occupation: If in the course of a five-day plan, 200,000 Berliners were removed by 50,000, these 50,000 proletarians would be fused into a collective by the shock of having killed.
    Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 21 June 2023
  • As a proudly class-conscious proletarian, Martin is naturally supportive of worker strikes.
    J. Hoberman, The New York Review of Books, 22 Oct. 2020
Definition of proletarian
Noun
  • Its practical function: No one, neither courtier nor plebeian, could stand close to the queen, conspicuous in her splendid isolation.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • But an unpleasant incident with a public transit plebeian leads Leighton to ponder the direction of her life.
    Rachel Seo, Variety, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of plebeian
Noun
  • Obasi can’t stand the stench of this alien — who's also a commoner, to boot — and solves the inconvenience by handing him off to his queen Eshe (Thandiwe Newton), who'll raise him in the company of the pride’s females.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • What’s more, these sources tend to report the views of the most powerful, concealing dissent—and certainly not paying attention to the attitudes of commoners, as revealed in secondhand incarnations like Wiggo’s tale.
    Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of commoner
Noun
  • He was born in 1915 into a poor but educated peasant family in Hunan Province.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Lucio has dedicated his life to re-invigorating ancestral culture and helping peasants overcome such modern challenges as industrial agriculture, pollution, and urban growth encroaching on their land.
    Jeanne Malle, airmail.news, 24 Aug. 2024
Definition of peasant
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“Canaille.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canaille. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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