populace

noun
/ˈpɒpjʊləs/UK/ˈpɑpjələs/US/ˈpɔp(j)ʊles/

Etymology

From Middle French populace, from Italian popolaccio. Compare demotic.

  1. derived from popolaccio
  2. derived from populace

Definitions

  1. The common people of a nation.

    • The populace despised their ignorant leader.
  2. The inhabitants of a country or one of its administrative divisions (such as a state,…

    The inhabitants of a country or one of its administrative divisions (such as a state, province, or county).

    • Thomas Brassey (1805-70) should be equally famous, yet he is unknown to swathes of the greater populace. His plaque is at Chester.

The neighborhood

Derived

populicide

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for populace. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA