populace

populace

the common people; a population
Not to be confused with:populous – having many people; numerous; crowded

pop·u·lace

P0447800 (pŏp′yə-lĭs)n.1. The general public; the masses.2. A population.

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

populace

(ˈpɒpjʊləs) n (sometimes functioning as plural) 1. the inhabitants of an area2. the common people; masses[C16: via French from Italian popolaccio the common herd, from popolo people, from Latin populus]

pop•u•lace

(ˈpɒp yə ləs)

n. 1. (in a community or nation) the common people as distinguished from the higher classes. 2. the inhabitants of a place; population. [1565–75; < French < Italian popolaccio=popol(o) people + -accio pejorative suffix]

Populace

 the majority; the common people, 1572; the multitude, crowd or throng, 1871. See also mob.Example: rural populace (the birds of the country), 1807.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

populace - people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"public, worldpeople - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"admass - the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British)audience - the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment; "every artist needs an audience"; "the broadcast reached an audience of millions"

populace

noun people, crowd, masses, mob, inhabitants, general public, multitude, throng, rabble, hoi polloi, Joe Public (slang), Joe Six-Pack (U.S. slang), commonalty a large proportion of the populace

populace

nounThe common people:common (used in plural), commonality, commonalty, commoner (used in plural), crowd, hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), mob, pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), public, ruck, third estate.

Translations

平民

populace

(ˈpopjuləs) noun the people (of a country etc). 平民 平民