the people of a nation regarded as a political unit ordinary people collectively
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de•mos
(dē′mos),USA pronunciation n.
- Ancient Historythe common people of an ancient Greek state.
- the common people;
populace. - Sociologya people viewed as a political unit.
- Greek dêmos district, people; compare demo-
- 1770–80
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dem•o /ˈdɛmoʊ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. dem•os.
demo-, prefix.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Music and Dancea tape recording of a new song or unknown performer, distributed for demonstration purposes.
- Informal Termsa car used for demonstration:The demo we drove handled poorly.
demo-, prefix.
- demo-, like dem-, comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "people, population.'' This meaning is found in such words as: democracy, demography.
dem•o
(dem′ō),USA pronunciation n., pl. dem•os. [Informal.]
Dem•o (dem′ō),USA pronunciation n., pl. Dem•os. [Informal.]
demo-,
- Informal Termsdemonstration (defs. 4,6).
- Informal Termsdemonstrator (def. 5).
- a phonograph record or tape recording of a new song or of one performed by an unknown singer or singing group, distributed to disc jockeys, recording companies, etc., to demonstrate the merits of the song or performer.
- 1935–40; by shortening; see -o
Dem•o (dem′ō),USA pronunciation n., pl. Dem•os. [Informal.]
- Governmenta member of the Democratic party;
Democrat.
- 1785–95, American.
demo-,
- a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant "people'' (democratic);
on this model, used in the formation of compound words (demography).
- Greek dēmo-, combining form of dêmos
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- short for
demonstration 4 a demonstration record or tape, used for audition purposes
short fordemonstrator 3
'demos' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):