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Populace
Pop"u*lace\, n. [F. populace, fr. It. popolaccio, popolazzo, fr. popolo people, L. populus. See People.] The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession. --Pope. To . . . calm the peers and please the populace. --Daniel. They . . . call us Britain's barbarous populaces. --Tennyson. Syn: Mob; people; commonalty.
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Language Translation for : populace
Spanish:
pueblo,
German:
das Volk,
Japanese:
大衆
populace
1572, from M.Fr. populace, from It. popolaccio "riffraff, rabble," from popolo "people" (from L. populus "people") + pejorative suffix -accio.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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