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(1):

(a.) Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people; as, a popular preacher; a popular law; a popular administration.

(2):

(a.) Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace.

(3):

(a.) Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease.

(4):

(a.) Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.

(5):

(a.) Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements.

(6):

(a.) Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Popular'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/popular.html. 1828.
 
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