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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary de·mos ETYMOLOGY Greek dēmos — more at demagogue DATE 1806 1. populace 2. the common people of an ancient Greek state Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged de·mos I. \ˈdēˌmäs\ noun (-es) Etymology: Greek dēmos deme, populace — more at dem- 1. a. : the people of an ancient Greek usually democratic state b. sometimes capitalized : the common people : populace < demos ruled in the age of the common man > 2. : the people of a nation considered as a political unit as distinguished from a tribe or kinship group — compare ethnos II. plural of demo |
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