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King Mob

King Mob proper noun: personification of a lawless mob.

Proper noun

King Mob

  1. (collective) Personification of a lawless mob.
    • 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 […]1895, George Alfred Henty, A Girl of the Commune
  2. (historical) 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.

Origin of King Mob

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 about King Mob

What does King Mob mean?
King Mob means personification of a lawless mob.
What part of speech is King Mob?
King Mob is a proper noun.

Words near King Mob in the dictionary

  1. King Kong
  2. King Log
  3. King Logs
  4. king mackerel
  5. king mackerels
  6. King Mob
  7. king of all one surveys
  8. king of arms
  9. king of beasts
  10. king of birds
  11. king of clubs

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