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populace definition

popu·lace (päp′yə lis)

noun

  1. the common people; the masses
  2. population (sense )

Etymology: Fr < It popolaccio, mob, rabble < popolo < L populus, people

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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