Pop″u‐lace (?), n. [F. populace, fr. It. popolaccio, popolazzo, fr. popolo people, L. populus. See People.] 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.