volge

V4O1L1G2E1
/voʊlɡ/

noun

The common people; the crowd, the mob.

OriginLatin vulgus →
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Meanings

nounvolge pl (plural only)
  1. obsoletepluralplural onlyThe common people; the crowd, the mob.

    [Y]ea, he would profer to fight with any mean perſon, if cried up by the volge for a tall man: this daring being a generall fault in great ſpirits, and a great fault in a Generall, who ſtaketh a pearl againſt a piece of glaſſe.

    1639, Thomas Fuller, “Prince Edwards Performance in Palestine: He is Dangerously Wounded; yet Recovereth, and Returneth Home Safe”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck, one of the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge [and sold by John Williams, London], →OCLC, book IV, page 219

Origin

  1. Latinvulgus
  2. Englishvolge

From Latin vulgus.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“volge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/volge. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “volge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/volge.

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