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    pop·u·lace
    /ˈpäpyələs/

    noun

    • 1. the people living in a particular country or area: "the party misjudged the mood of the populace"

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  2. THE POPULACE definition: 1. the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place: 2. the ordinary people who live…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of POPULACE is the common people : masses. How to use populace in a sentence. Did you know?

  4. THE POPULACE meaning: 1. the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place: 2. the ordinary people who live…. Learn more.

  5. The populace is a way to refer to a group of people in general, like the masses or a population. Populace, in its original use, was a negative way of referring to ordinary people, as opposed to rich, privileged, or royal people.

  6. noun (sometimes functioning as plural) 1. the inhabitants of an area. 2. ordinary people collectively. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C16: via French from Italian popolaccio the common herd, from popolo people, from Latin populus.

  7. Populace definition: the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.. See examples of POPULACE used in a sentence.

  8. populace. noun. /ˈpɒpjələs/. /ˈpɑːpjələs/. (usually the populace) [singular + singular or plural verb] (formal) all the ordinary people of a particular country or area. He had the support of large sections of the local populace. The populace at large is/are opposed to sudden change.

  9. POPULACE definition: all the people who live in a particular country or place. Learn more.

  10. Populace Definition. pŏpyə-lĭs. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Noun. Filter. noun. The common people; the masses. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Population. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. The inhabitants of a nation. Wiktionary. Synonyms: world. public. mob. commonalty. commonality.

  11. 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]