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Webster 1913 Edition

Riffraff

Riff′raffˊ

,

Noun.

[OE.

rif and raf

every particle, OF.

rif et raf

. CF.

,

and 1st

.]

Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.

Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1828 Edition

Riffraff

RIFF'RAFF

,

Noun.

Sweepings; refuse.

Definition 2024

riffraff

riffraff

See also: riff-raff

English

Alternative forms

riff-raff

Noun

riffraff ‎(usually uncountable, plural riffraffs)

The rabble; crowds; the common people.
They started charging a modest fee in an effort to keep the riffraff out.

Derived terms

riffraffish

Translations

the rabble

Chinese:
Mandarin: 廢物 (zh), 废物 (zh) ‎(fèiwù), 賤民 (zh), 贱民 (zh) ‎(jiànmín), 下等人 ‎(xiàděngrén), 流氓 (zh) ‎(liúmán), 烏合之眾 (zh), 乌合之众 (zh) ‎(wūhézhlzhòng)
Dutch: geteisem (nl), schorremorrie (nl), tuig (nl), rapalje, gepeupel
Estonian: rahvarämps
Finnish: roskaväki (fi)
French: racaille (fr) f, populace (fr) f, canaille (fr) f (dated)
German: Pöbel (de) m
Icelandic: pakk n, skríll (is) m, illþýði (is) n
Italian: tamarro (it) m, lazzarone (it) m, coatto (it) m
Japanese: 下層民 ‎(かそうみん, kasōmin), 下層階級 ‎(かそうかいきゅう, kasō kaikyū)

Portuguese: ralé (pt) f
Russian: че́рнь (ru) f ‎(čérnʹ), сбро́д (ru) m ‎(sbród), бы́дло (ru) n ‎(býdlo)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: о̏лош m

Roman: ȍloš (sh) m
Spanish: gentuza (es) f, (Chile) flaite m
Swedish: pöbel (sv) c, kreti och pleti (sv), patrask (sv) n, pack (sv) n
Turkish: ayaktakımı (tr)
Volapük: lupöp (vo)