The great unwashed (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The common people generally
Example:
power to the people
Synonyms:
hoi polloi; mass; masses; multitude; people; the great unwashed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("the great unwashed" is a kind of...):
group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "the great unwashed"):
laity; temporalty (in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy)
audience (the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment)