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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•mos (dē′mos),USA pronunciation n. - Ancient Historythe common people of an ancient Greek state.
- the common people;
populace. - Sociologya people viewed as a political unit.
- Greek dêmos district, people; compare demo-
- 1770–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: demos /ˈdiːmɒs/ n - the people of a nation regarded as a political unit
- rare the common people; masses
Etymology: 19th Century: from Greek: the populace; see deme dem•o /ˈdɛmoʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. dem•os. - Music and Dancea tape recording of a new song or unknown performer, distributed for demonstration purposes.
- Informal Termsa car used for demonstration:The demo we drove handled poorly.
demo-, prefix. - demo-, like dem-, comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "people, population.'' This meaning is found in such words as: democracy, demography.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dem•o (dem′ō),USA pronunciation n., pl. dem•os. [Informal.]- Informal Termsdemonstration (defs. 4,6).
- Informal Termsdemonstrator (def. 5).
- a phonograph record or tape recording of a new song or of one performed by an unknown singer or singing group, distributed to disc jockeys, recording companies, etc., to demonstrate the merits of the song or performer.
- 1935–40; by shortening; see -o
- Governmenta member of the Democratic party;
Democrat.
demo-, - a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant "people'' (democratic);
on this model, used in the formation of compound words (demography).
- Greek dēmo-, combining form of dêmos
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: demo /ˈdɛməʊ/ n ( pl -os) informal - short for demonstration
- a demonstration record or tape, used for audition purposes
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