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Lizzie insisted that her children distinguish themselves from the hoi polloi by scrupulous honesty. ... The exchange of roles in "The Prince and the Pauper" suggests that a man of the people can be a benevolent ruler because of his humble roots, that a prince can become a better ruler through exposure to hoi polloi.
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hoi polloi 1837, from Gk. hoi polloi (pl.) "the people," lit. "the many" (pl. of polys). Used in Gk. by Dryden (1668) and Byron (1822), in both cases preceded by the, even though Gk. hoi means "the," a mistake repeated often by subsequent writers, who at least have the excuse of ignorance of Gk ... The Online Etymology Dictionary...
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1.1 Etymology ... Singular; hoi polloi ... As hoi represents a definite article in Ancient Greek, some authorities consider that the construction the hoi polloi is redundant and should not be used in English.
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Many usage experts condemn adding the definite article "the" to "hoi polloi" (as in "The hoi polloi are up in arms") because "hoi" means "the" in Greek. But the...
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This shift in the meaning of hoi polloi parallels the shift in the meaning of snob. It is hard for a purist to accept that hoi polloi can mean "the snobby elite," however. The etymology of snob is obscure.
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Hoi polloi: The common people; the masses. ... Hoi polloi is a borrowing of the Greek phrase hoi polloi, consisting of hoi, meaning "the” and used before a plural, and polloi, the plural of polus, "many.” In Greek hoi polloi had a special sense, "the greater number, the people, the commonalty, the masses.” This...
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Hoi polloi - the meaning and origin of this phrase. ... He did use 'hoi polloi' in his Gleanings from Europe in 1837, but before then it was in common use by those whom we might expect to have been familiar with classical Greek - scholars of Oxford and Cambridge universities.
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"hoi pol-loi" - Pronunciation: "hoi-p&-'loi - Etymology: the many: the general populace : the unwashed masses; ... Latest additions: 3 new mixes from DJ Lurk; Click on the "dj mixes" button to be directed to his webpage.
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(hoi puh-LOI); noun; The common people, the masses. Etymology; From Greek hoi polloi (the many); The phrase is often mistakenly used to refer to the elite or the snobbish, quite opposite of what it really means.
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