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Noun: hoi polloi  'hoy pu'loy
  1. The common people generally
    "separate the warriors from the hoi polloi"
    - multitude, masses, mass, people, the great unwashed

Derived forms: hoi pollois

Type of: group, grouping

Encyclopedia: Hoi polloi

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