Meaning of POPULACE
| Pronunciation: | | 'pâpyulus
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| | Definition: | | [n] people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public" |
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| | Synonyms: | | public, world |
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| | See Also: | | admass, audience, people | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pop"u*lace\, n. [F. populace, fr. It. popolaccio,
popolazzo, fr. popolo people, L. populus. See {People}.]
The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, --
comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office,
education, or profession. --Pope.
To . . . calm the peers and please the populace.
--Daniel.
They . . . call us Britain's barbarous populaces.
--Tennyson.
Syn: Mob; people; commonalty.
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| | Related Terms: | | body politic, bourgeoisie, canaille, citizenry, common man, commonage, commonalty, commoners, commonwealth, community, community at large, constituency, crowd, cultural community, dwellers, estate, everybody, Everyman, everyone, everywoman, folk, folks, general public, gentry, habitancy, hoi polloi, inhabitants, John Doe, linguistic community, masses, men, mob, multitude, nation, nationality, peasantry, people, people at large, people in general, persons, plebeians, plebes, polity, population, proletariat, Public, rabble, ragtag and bobtail, rank and file, society, speech community, state, third estate, throng, whole people, working class, world, you and me |
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