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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
de·mos

 \\ˈdē-ˌmäs\\ noun
 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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