mob
English
/mɒb/, /mɑb/
noun
Definitions
- A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
- (collective noun) A group of animals such as horses or cattle.
- A flock of emus.
- The Mafia, or a similar group that engages in organized crime (preceded by the).
- (video games) A non-player character, especially one that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game.
- (archaic) The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
- (Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mob derived from Latin mōbile (vulgus), mobile (fickle).
Origin
Latin
mōbile (vulgus), mobile
Gloss
fickle
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mobtown English
- Twitter English
- Twittermob English
- antimob English
- cybermob English
- flash English
- flashmob English
- man English
- mobber English
- mobbish English
- mobbishness English
- mobbism English
- mobbist English
- moble English
- moblike English
- mobocracy English
- mobocrat English
- mobsman English
- mobster English
- mobsterism English
- town English
- unmoblike English
- vote English
- vote mob English
- mōbile (vulgus), mobile Latin
- mob Middle English
- mobbe Danish
- mobber Danish
- ม็อบ Thai