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popular

/ˈpɑ.pjə.lɚ/ noun C2
  1. A person who is popular, especially at a school.
  2. An inexpensive newspaper with wide circulation.
  3. A member of the Populares

Plural populars

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“You will, I trust, excuse me, monsieur, for not calling you by your title when I first addressed you,” he said, “but you are aware that we are living under a popular form of government, and that I am myself a representative of the liberties of the people.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 474 · C1
He told us of similar cases, where families had suffered from some evil influence, and he left us with the impression that he shared the popular view upon the matter.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 95 · C1
At present I no longer think of it, and yet I must tell you that we are beginning to occupy ourselves greatly with these things under our popular government.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 438 · C1
My motive for withholding it from the coroner’s inquiry is that a man of science shrinks from placing himself in the public position of seeming to indorse a popular superstition.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 20 · C1

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