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English Dictionary: populace by the DICT Development Group
2 results for populace
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
populace
n
  1. people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
    Synonym(s): populace, public, world
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Populace \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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