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mass

noun (ORDINARY PEOPLE)
 
 
/mæs/

Definition

the masses the ordinary people who form the largest group in a society: He was popular with the aristocracy but failed to win the support of the masses.Ordinary people
(Definition of mass noun (ORDINARY PEOPLE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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