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public

adjective
  1. Of, concerning, or affecting the community or the people: civic, civil, national. See specific
  2. Belonging to, shared by, or applicable to all alike: common, communal, conjoint, general, joint, mutual. See group
  3. Of, representing, or carried on by people at large: democratic, general, popular. See politics, specific
  4. Not restricted or confined to few: open, open-door, unrestricted. See open
noun
  1. The common people: common (used in plural), commonality, commonalty, commoner (used in plural), crowd, hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), mob, pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), populace, ruck 1, third estate. See over
  2. Persons as an organized body: community, people, society. See specific
  3. The body of persons who admire a public personality, especially an entertainer: audience, following. See like

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