populace
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yə noun
1.
the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
2.
all the inhabitants of a place; population.
Origin:
1565–75; < French < Italian popolaccio, equivalent to popol(o) people + -accio pejorative suffix
1565–75; < French < Italian popolaccio, equivalent to popol(o) people + -accio pejorative suffix
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| —n | |
| 1. | the inhabitants of an area |
| 2. | the common people; masses |
| [C16: via French from Italian popolaccio the common herd, from popolo people, from Latin populus] | |
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Word Origin & History
populace
1572, from M.Fr. populace, from It. popolaccio "riffraff, rabble," from popolo "people" (from L. populus "people") + pejorative suffix -accio.
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Example sentences
AA is a cancer on the soul of the nation, producing no pain to the populace as it eats away at the foundation of society.
It gets your work out there to academics and to the general populace who may also be interested in your esoteric knowledge.
Woe betide you get sick here if you are member of the local populace.
The majority of the populace, however, still lives on less than a dollar a day.
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