rahvas — meaning in English
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English meaning
- commonalty noun Ordinary people collectively; the general public.
- commoner noun A person who does not hold a noble title or rank.
- pleb noun An ordinary person from a low social class.
- rabble noun A disorderly, unruly crowd of people.
- riffraff noun People regarded as disreputable or of low social standing, especially as a group.
Senses
rahvas is used for these senses in English:
- commonalty A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank; commoners.
- commoner A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.
- hoi polloi (collective) The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.)
- pleb (derogatory) A common person; an unsophisticated or cultureless person.
- rabble (derogatory) The mass of common people; the lowest class of populace. [from 1550s]
- riffraff (informal, somewhat, derogatory) The rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position.
- third estate (by extension) The commoners, collectively, in any society.
commonalty — full definition
- noun Ordinary people collectively; the general public.
- noun A set of things that share similar features.
- noun People who hold no title of nobility or position in the clergy.
- noun The fact of sharing certain features or interests with others.
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