populace.
The common people of a nation.
Meaning & usage
The common people of a nation.
The populace despised their ignorant leader.
The inhabitants of a country or one of its administrative divisions (such as a state, province, or county).
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French populace, from Italian popolaccio, from popolo + -accio (“pejorative suffix”), from Latin populus.
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