Populace
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpɒpjʊləs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Populace is a noun meaning The common people of a nation.
Meaning
The common people of a nation.
More Meanings
- The inhabitants of a country or one of its administrative divisions (such as a state, province, or county).
Example Sentences
The populace despised their ignorant leader.
Thomas Brassey (1805-70) should be equally famous, yet he is unknown to swathes of the greater populace. His plaque is at Chester.
Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
Word Forms
- populaces
Synonyms for populace
Depending on context, synonyms include masses, people, rabble, riff-raff, inhabitants, population.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include world, public, people, population, jamahiriya, demos.
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