<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a low, contemptible person; scoundrel.</li><li>a group of menial workers in the kitchen of a large household.</li><li>the servants of an army.</li><li>camp followers.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to revile in scurrilous language.</li></ul>