populace

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpɒpjʊləs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpɑpjələs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pop′yə ləs)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
pop•u•lace /ˈpɑpyələs/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. (in a community or nation) the common people.
  2. the people living in a place;
    population.
See -pop-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pop•u•lace  (pop′yə ləs),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
  2. all the inhabitants of a place;
    population.
  • Italian popolaccio, equivalent. to popol(o) people + -accio pejorative suffix
  • French
  • 1565–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
populace / ˈpɒpjʊləs/ (sometimes functioning as plural)
  1. the inhabitants of an area
  2. ordinary people collectively
Etymology: 16th Century: via French from Italian popolaccio the common herd, from popolo people, from Latin populus
'populace' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bread and circuses - crowd - deme - demography - demos - example - great unwashed - mob - people - plebiscite - plebs - public interest

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