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Populace

//ˈpɑpjələs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The common people of a nation. countable, uncountable

    "The populace despised their ignorant leader."

  2. 2
    people in general considered as a whole wordnet
  3. 3
    The inhabitants of a country or one of its administrative divisions (such as a state, province, or county). countable, uncountable

    "Thomas Brassey (1805-70) should be equally famous, yet he is unknown to swathes of the greater populace. His plaque is at Chester."

Etymology

From Middle French populace, from Italian popolaccio. Compare demotic.

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