demos

Meanings

1. An ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together.
2. The ordinary citizens of an ancient Greek city-state; hence, the common populace of a state or district (especially a democratic one); the people.

1. plural of demo

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of demo

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “ordinary citizens, common people from a district, in a city-state”). Doublet of deme.