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.