populace
[ pop-yuh-luh s ]
/ ˈpɒp yə ləs /
noun
the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
all the inhabitants of a place; population.
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Origin of populace
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populace
/ (ˈpɒpjʊləs) /
noun (sometimes functioning as plural)
the inhabitants of an area
the common people; masses
Word Origin for populace
C16: via French from Italian popolaccio the common herd, from popolo people, from Latin populus
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populace
1570s, from Middle French populace (16c.), from Italian popolaccio "riffraff, rabble," from popolo "people" (from Latin populus "people;" see people (n.)) + pejorative suffix -accio.
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