unwashed masses en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- (derogatory, plural, plural-only) The collective group of people who are considered to be uneducated, uninformed, or in some other way unqualified for inclusion in the speaker's elite circles.
Synonyms
unwashed · great unwashed · demos · general public · commonage · crowd · proletariat · many · mob · hoi polloi · unwashed masses · commonality · canaille · great unhosed · populace · peasantry · herd · working class · multitude · third estate · everyone · plebs · masses · riffraff · odds and sods · commonalty · rank and file · trash · lower class · rabble