POPULACE

populace. Populace, n. the common people, the multitude

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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.