Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

king mob

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: king -mob
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Personification of a lawless mob.

name

An English radical group based in London during the 1960s and 1970s, who sought to emphasise the cultural anarchy and disorder being ignored in Britain, with the ultimate aim of promoting proletarian revolution.

Example Sentences

"Still, if you Frenchmen like to be ruled over by King Mob, it is no business of mine. Thank God, such a thing is never likely to happen in England—at any rate in my time. In the first place, we can trust our troops […]"

Etymology

In the Gordon Riots of June 1780, rioters daubed the slogan "His Majesty King Mob" on the walls of Newgate prison, after gutting the building.

Questions

What does king mob mean?: Personification of a lawless mob.
Where does king mob come from?: In the Gordon Riots of June 1780, rioters daubed the slogan "His Majesty King Mob" on the walls of Newgate prison, after gutting the building.

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