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malcontents

malcontents is the plural of malcontent.

malcontents is the third-person singular simple present indicative of malcontent.

Meaning of malcontent

Noun

malcontent (plural malcontents)

  1. A person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person, a rebel.
    • The diſcord rather than the muſick is heard from the malcontent Malevole's chamber.c. 1603, John Marston; John Webster, The Malcontent […], London; republished in [Isaac Reed, editor], A Select Collection of Old Plays […], volume 4, 2nd edition, London: J[ames] Dodsley, 1780, OCLC...
  2. (obsolete) A state of discontentment or dissatisfaction; something that causes discontent.
    • If there was malcontent on his part, it did not spring from economic limitations alone, but also from the effect of these economic limitations upon his social and legal status as a small farmer. The state of constant indebtdness in which the contadino found himself contributed to his malcontent.1967, Leonard [H.] Covello, “The Social Structure of the Southern Italian Town”, in Francesco Cordasco, editor, The Social Background of the Italo-American School Child: A Study of the Southern...

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Questions about malcontents

What is malcontents the plural of?
Malcontents is the plural of malcontent.

Words near malcontents in the dictionary

  1. malcontentedness
  2. malcontenting
  3. malcontentism
  4. malcontently
  5. malcontentment
  6. malcontents
  7. malcoordinated
  8. malcreate
  9. malcreated
  10. malcultivation
  11. mald

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