rout
/ɹaʊt/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular (archaic), a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
Countable; Obsolete
noun
A group of animals, especially one which is lively or unruly, or made up of wild animals such as wolves; a flock, a herd, a pack.
Archaic; Countable
noun
A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the), the common people as a group, the rabble.
Countable
noun
A noisy disturbance; also, a disorderly argument or fight, a brawl; (uncountable) disturbance of the peace, commotion, tumult.
Archaic; Countable
Example Sentences
- "A route of people there aſſembled were, / Of euery ſort and nation vnder skye, [...]"
- "The Incorporations this year did moſtly conſiſt of Cantabrigians who had lately come to this University for preferment from the Viſitors, when the great rout of Royalliſts were by then made in this University."
- "'Is there anyone in this rout with authority to treat with me?' he asked."
- "The harts and hinds in their herds, the boars in their singulars, the skulls of foxes, the richesses of martens, the bevies of roes, the cetes of badgers and the routs of wolves - all came to him more or less as something which you either skinned or flayed and then took home to cook."
- "hiruvananthapuram: Routs of snails are invading parts of the city, sending residents into a tizzy, amid fears that they would pose a health hazard"
- "We spot several routs of snails moving around, half buried in the sandy beach."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹaʊt/
- British English: /ɹaʊt/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Military.