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populacy

populacy is the obsolete form of populace.

Meaning of populace

Noun

populace (countable and uncountable, plural populaces)

  1. The common people of a nation.
    • The populace despised their ignorant leader.
  2. The inhabitants of a country or one of its administrative divisions (such as a state, province, or county).
    • Thomas Brassey (1805-70) should be equally famous, yet he is unknown to swathes of the greater populace. His plaque is at Chester.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57

Questions about populacy

What is populacy the obsolete form of?
Populacy is the obsolete form of populace.

Words near populacy in the dictionary

  1. POPU
  2. popufur
  3. popufurs
  4. populace
  5. populaces
  6. populacy
  7. popular
  8. popular action
  9. popular actions
  10. popular assemblies
  11. popular assembly

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