populace

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pop=u=lace
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

populace, 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.  [1913 Webster]
"To . . . calm the peers and please the populace."  [1913 Webster]
"They . . . call us Britain's barbarous populaces."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Mob; people; commonalty.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

populace, n.
1 the common people.
2 derog. the rabble.

Etymology

F f. It. popolaccio f. popolo people + -accio pejorative suffix

THESAURUS

populace

Everyman, John Doe, Public, body politic, bourgeoisie, canaille, citizenry, common man, commonage, commonalty, commoners, commonwealth, community, community at large, constituency, crowd, cultural community, dwellers, estate, everybody, everyman, everyone, everywoman, folk, folks, general public, gentry, habitancy, hoi polloi, inhabitants, linguistic community, masses, men, mob, multitude, nation, nationality, peasantry, people, people at large, people in general, persons, plebeians, plebes, polity, population, proletariat, public, rabble, ragtag and bobtail, rank and file, society, speech community, state, third estate, throng, whole people, working class, world, you and me