populace

[pop-yuh-luhs]

noun

1. the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.

2. all the inhabitants of a place; population.

populace

/ ˈpɒpjʊləs /

noun

1. the inhabitants of an area

2. the common people; masses

Word History and Origins

Origin of populace¹

1565–75; < French < Italian popolaccio, equivalent to popol ( o ) people + -accio pejorative suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of populace¹

C16: via French from Italian popolaccio the common herd, from popolo people, from Latin populus

Example Sentences

She had a "deep bond with the populace", he said, and her passing would "evoke profound national mourning".

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Leaning heavily on Jeffersonian rhetoric, the Browns called on the “oppressed” populace to rise and assert “their natural rights” as “citizens of a free republic.”

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"I'm glad to video did what it did, but he and I were both disappointed because, to this day, in the general populace's memory, he's the naked dude."

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Hamas, on the other hand, faces a war-ravaged populace that was weary of its rule even before the Oct.

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It’s an attempt to right historic wrongs in the service of a more effective military and a more unified populace.

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