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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hoi Polloi (1935) is the 10th short film released by Columbia Pictures starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges ( Moe Howard , Larry Fine and Curly Howard ). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ They had little faith that the hoi polloi would very soon be using computers. ▪ They helped keep the 3, 800 delegates and alternates, more than 90 percent white, from the hoi polloi .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people" [syn: multitude , masses , mass , people ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1837, from Greek hoi polloi (plural) "the people," literally "the many" (plural of polys ; see poly- ). Used in Greek by Dryden (1668) and Byron (1822), in both cases preceded by the , even though Greek hoi means "the," a mistake repeated often by subsequent ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The common people; the masses. (qualifier: Used with or without the definite article.) 2 (context proscribed English) The elite.