Populace
['pɒpjʊləs] or ['pɑpjələs]
Definition
(noun.) people in general considered as a whole; 'he is a hero in the eyes of the public'.
Edited by Jeanne--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Commonalty, rabble, mob, the people, the crowd, the multitude, the million, the peasantry, the vulgar herd, the common people, the lower classes, the vulgar, the humbler classes, scum of society, dregs of society.
Checker: Peggy
Definition
n. the common people: those who are not distinguished by rank education office &c.
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Examples
- It was a peal of joy from the populace outside, greeting the news that he would die on Monday. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- If the excited and irritable populace knew I was here, I should be torn to pieces. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The clocks are on the stroke of three, and the furrow ploughed among the populace is turning round, to come on into the place of execution, and end. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- At every vote (the Jurymen voted aloud and individually), the populace set up a shout of applause. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- On the other hand, the majority of the populace unquestionably would demand that we pay the penalty of our sacrilege. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The Roman populace was even more seriously scared. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The populace cried enthusiastically, No! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- When he had landed a month ago, the noisy populace had been hushed by sorrow and fear; but this was a festival day to all. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- As the sombre wheels of the six carts go round, they seem to plough up a long crooked furrow among the populace in the streets. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Customers will be drawn to each conventicle by new industry and address, in practising on the passions and credulity of the populace. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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