Meanings
proper noun
- collectivePersonification 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 - historicalAn 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
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.
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King Mob. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/King%20Mob
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “King Mob,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/King%20Mob.
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