Definition of "polloi"
polloi
noun
plural only
Alternative form of hoi polloi
Quotations
‘ […] What is M. Fouquet? M. Fouquet,’ replied d’Artagnan to himself, ‘is a handsome man, very much beloved by the women; a generous man, very much beloved by the poets; a man of wit, much execrated by the polloi. Not being woman, nor polloi, I neither love nor hate Monsieur the Superintendent. […]’
1995, A. Craig Bell, transl., Alexandre Dumas: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne (The Man in the Iron Mask): A Critical Study, Merlin Books, translation of Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard by Alexandre Dumas, page 34
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