populace

n.

1. The general public; the masses.
2. A population.

[French, from Italian popolaccio, rabble, from popolo, the people, from Latin populus. See popular.]

noun

The common people: common (used in plural), commonality, commonalty, commoner (used in plural), crowd, hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), mob, pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), public, ruck¹, third estate. See over/under.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: people in general considered as a whole
  Synonyms: public, world

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - den store hob, befolkning

Nederlands (Dutch)
het gewone volk, bevolking

Français (French)
n. - population

Deutsch (German)
n. - breite Masse

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λαουτζίκος, κοσμάκης, πλεμπάγια, όχλος, μάζες, πληθυσμός

Italiano (Italian)
popolazione, popolino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - populacho (m)

Русский (Russian)
население, народ

Español (Spanish)
n. - pueblo, vulgo, populacho

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - befolkningen, massan

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
平民, 人口, 大众

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 平民, 人口, 大眾

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 전체주민, 서민, 하층사회

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 全住民, 大衆, 民衆

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) العامه, الجماهير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ההמון הפשוט, אספסוף‬

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