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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from Italian canaglia, from cane dog, from Latin canis — more at hound Date: 1661 1. rabble, riffraff 2. proletarian

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the rabble; the populace. Etymology: F f. It. canaglia pack of dogs f. cane dog

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Canaille Ca*naille", n. [F. canaille (cf. It. canaglia), prop. and orig. a pack of dogs, fr. L. Canis dog.] 1. The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar. 2. Shorts or inferior flour. [Canadian]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [Fr.] Populace, rabble, mob, riffraff, the vulgar, the crowd, vulgar herd, the ignoble vulgar, low people, lowest class of people, the multitude, the million, scum of society, dregs of society, ignobile vulgus, rag-tag, tag-rag, tag-rag and bobtail.