† popularyn.
Obsolete. rare.
The populace.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun]
folkc888
peoplea1325
frapec1330
commona1350
common peoplea1382
commonsa1382
commontya1387
communityc1400
meiniec1400
commonaltya1425
commonsa1500
vulgarsa1513
many1526
meinie1532
multitude1535
the many-headed beast (also monster)1537
number1542
ignobility1546
commonitya1550
popular1554
populace1572
popularya1578
vulgarity?1577
populacya1583
rout1589
the vulgar1590
plebs1591
mobile vulgusc1599
popularity1599
ignoble1603
the million1604
plebe1612
plebeity1614
the common filea1616
the herda1616
civils1644
commonality1649
democracy1656
menu1658
mobile1676
crowd1683
vulgusa1687
mob1691
Pimlico parliament?1774
citizenry1795
polloi1803
demos1831
many-headed1836
hoi polloi1837
the masses1837
citizenhood1843
John Q.1922
wimble-wamble1937
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 135 We doubt of the popularie [v.r. popular] quhilk appeirandlie..fawouris the kingis partie.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. i. 249 The Populary being in suspence, by reason of the variety of reports.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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