public

1. Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group. (countable, uncountable) · Members of the public may not proceed beyond this point.
2. Preceded by a possessive determiner such as my, your, or their: a group of people who support a particular person, especially a performer, a writer, etc.; an audience, a following. (countable, uncountable)
3. Often preceded by the and a qualifying word: a particular demographic or group of people, or segment of the population, sharing some common characteristic. (countable, uncountable) · the cinema-going public· the reading public
4. A group of people sharing some common cultural, political, or social interest, but not necessarily having any interactions with each other. (countable, uncountable)
5. Chiefly in in public: the presence of spectators or people generally; the open. (uncountable)

Plural publics