canaille

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Noun
  • Fundamentally, the proletarian forfeits not so much income as individual freedom and the sovereignty of his or her class.
    Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • On the one hand, the proletarian contributes every bit of on-the-clock activity to the value of the resulting commodity.
    Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • So much for plebeians like myself, who tended to plants at a local nursery for minimum wage at 17.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 29 May 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Born on a New York farm in 1821, Youmans didn’t come from a notable family or attend elite schools —his name even derives from yeoman, a self-reliant commoner.
    Sabrina Schaeffer, Oc Register, 4 July 2025
  • The princess accompanied her children during the carriage procession of Trooping the Colour wearing an outfit inspired by Eliza Doolittle, the commoner who pretends to be a duchess, in My Fair Lady.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • In it, Italian peasants Matteo and Natale discuss this same cosmic occurrence in the rustic Paduan dialect of the time.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 July 2025
  • The origins of this traditional outfit are hazy, but white smocks had been worn since the Middle Ages by Basque peasants, and they were popularized by one of the working-class peñas, or social clubs, after 1929.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
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“Canaille.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canaille. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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