Usually means: Common people, the masses generally.
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  3. hoi polloi: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  15. Hoi Polloi: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
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  23. hoi polloi: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hoi polloi)

noun:  (collective) The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.)
noun:  (nonstandard, see Usage notes) The elite.

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