populace

pop·u·lace  (ppy-ls)

n.

1. The general public; the masses.

2. A population.

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[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

[via French from Italian popolaccio the common herd, from popolo people, from Latin populus]

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

populace - people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public" public, world 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

Translations

populace [ˈpɒpjʊlɪs] N (gen) → pueblo m; (= mob) → populacho m, turba f

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populace [ˈpɒpjʊləs] n
the populace → le peuple

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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 [ˈpɒpjʊlɪs] n → popolo, popolino

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populace [ˈpɒpjʊlɪs] n → popolo, popolino

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populace

n populace [ˈpopjuləs]

the people (of a country etc). bevolking عامَّة الناس او الجُمْهور население obyvatelstvo befolkning das Volk πληθυσμός, λαός pueblo lihtrahvas مردم tavallinen kansa peuple תוֹשָׁבִים जन साधारण svjetina,rulja a lakosság rakyat almúgi popolino, plebe 大衆 민중 gyventojai iedzīvotāji; ļaudis penduduk bevolking befolkning, almue lud população populaţie население obyvateľstvo ljudstvo populacija befolkning, populas ประชาชน nüfus 平民 простий народ, простолюддя ملک کے عوام quần chúng 平民