Category:Populace

Pop"u*lace, n. Etym: [f. populace, fr. It. popolaccio, popolazzo, fr. Popolo people, l. populus. See people.]

Defn: the common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending All persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or Profession. Pope. To. . . calm the peers and please the populace. Daniel. They. . . call us britain's barbarous populaces. Tennyson.

Syn. -- mob; people; commonalty.