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Webster 1913 Edition

Populace

Pop′u-lace

,
Noun.
[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 1828 Edition

Populace

POP'ULACE

,
Noun.
[L. populus. See People.] The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, education, office, profession or erudition.

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