populace
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populace
the common people; a population
Not to be confused with:
populous – having many people; numerous; crowded
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pop·u·lace
(pŏp′yə-lĭs)n.
1. The general public; the masses.
2. A population.
[French, from Italian popolaccio, rabble, from popolo, the people, from Latin populus; see popular.]
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populace
(ˈpɒpjʊləs)n (sometimes functioning as plural)
1. the inhabitants of an area
2. the common people; masses
[C16: via French from Italian popolaccio the common herd, from popolo people, from Latin populus]
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pop•u•lace
(ˈpɒp yə ləs)n.
1. (in a community or nation) the common people as distinguished from the higher classes.
2. the inhabitants of a place; population.
[1565–75; < French < Italian popolaccio=popol(o) people + -accio pejorative suffix]
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Populace
the majority; the common people, 1572; the multitude, crowd or throng, 1871. See also mob.Example: rural populace (the birds of the country), 1807.
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Noun | 1. | populace - people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public" people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" admass - the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British) audience - the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment; "every artist needs an audience"; "the broadcast reached an audience of millions" |
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populace
noun people, crowd, masses, mob, inhabitants, general public, multitude, throng, rabble, hoi polloi, Joe Public (slang), Joe Six-Pack (U.S. slang), commonalty a large proportion of the populace
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populace
nounThe common people:
common (used in plural), commonality, commonalty, commoner (used in plural), crowd, hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), mob, pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), public, ruck, third estate.
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Translations
عامَّة الناس او الجُمْهور
obyvatelstvo
befolkning
almúgi
gyventojai
iedzīvotājiļaudis
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populace
n → Bevölkerung f; (= masses) → breite Öffentlichkeit; the populace of Rome → das Volk von Rom, die Bürger von Rom
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populace
(ˈpopjuləs) noun the people (of a country etc).
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