THE GREAT UNWASHED
Dictionary entry overview: What does the great unwashed mean?
• THE GREAT UNWASHED (noun)
The noun THE GREAT UNWASHED has 1 sense:
1. the common people generally
Familiarity information: THE GREAT UNWASHED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• THE GREAT UNWASHED (noun)
Meaning:
The common people generally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
hoi polloi; masses; the great unwashed; multitude; people; mass
Context examples:
separate the warriors from the mass / power to the people
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)
followers; following (a group of followers or enthusiasts)
