the hoi polloinoun [ plural ]
uk/ˌhɔɪ pəˈlɔɪ/us/ˌhɔɪ pəˈlɔɪ/disapproving or humorousordinary people:
Anthony will be in the VIP lounge where he doesn't have to mix with the hoi polloi.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ordinary people
- community
- Essex girl
- folk
- grassroots
- Jane Doe
- Joe Bloggs
- mass
- mass market
- Middle America
- mortal
- multitude
- omnibus
- on the ground idiom
- popular
- popularly
- street
- the common man idiom
- the general public
- the man/woman in the street idiom
- the man/woman on the Clapham omnibus idiom
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