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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POP'ULACE, n. [L. populus. See People.] The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, education, office, profession or erudition.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public" [syn: populace, public, world]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle French, from Italian popolaccio rabble, augmentative of popolo the people, from Latin populus Date: 1572 1. the common people ; masses 2. population

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the common people. 2 derog. the rabble. Etymology: F f. It. popolaccio f. popolo people + -accio pejorative suffix

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

The populace of a country is its people. (FORMAL) ...a large proportion of the populace. = population N-UNCOUNT: usu the N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Commonalty, the people, the crowd, the multitude, the many, the masses, the million, the vulgar herd, the common people, the lower classes, the vulgar, the humbler classes, mob, rabble.

Moby Thesaurus

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