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pop·u·lace    Audio Help   [pop-yuh-luhs] Pronunciation Key
–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; < F < It popolaccio, equiv. to popol(o) people + -accio pejorative suffix]
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pop·u·lace    Audio Help   (pŏp'yə-lĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The general public; the masses.
  2. A population.


[French, from Italian popolaccio, rabble, from popolo, the people, from Latin populus; see popular.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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populace

noun
people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public" 

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populace [ˈpopjuləs] noun
the people (of a country etc)
Arabic: عامَّة الناس او الجُمْهور
Chinese (Simplified): 平民
Chinese (Traditional): 平民
Czech: obyvatelstvo
Danish: befolkning
Dutch: bevolking
Estonian: lihtrahvas
Finnish: kansa
French: peuple
German: das Volk
Greek: πληθυσμός, λαός
Hungarian: a lakosság
Icelandic: almúgi
Indonesian: rakyat
Italian: popolino, plebe
Japanese: 大衆
Korean: 민중
Latvian: iedzīvotāji; ļaudis
Lithuanian: gyventojai
Norwegian: befolkning, almue
Polish: lud
Portuguese (Brazil): populaça
Portuguese (Portugal): população
Romanian: populaţie
Russian: население
Slovak: obyvateľstvo
Slovenian: ljudstvo
Spanish: pueblo
Swedish: befolkning, populas
Turkish: nüfus
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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