Populace
[pop-yuh-luh s] /ˈpɒp yə ləs/
noun
1.
the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
2.
all the inhabitants of a place; population.
/ˈpɒpjʊləs/
noun (sometimes functioning as pl)
1.
the inhabitants of an area
2.
the common people; masses
n.
1570s, from Middle French populace (16c.), from Italian popolaccio “riffraff, rabble,” from popolo “people” (from Latin populus “people;” see people (n.)) + pejorative suffix -accio.
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