Jenny Walty

pub-lic (pub'lik), adv. 1. of, belonging to, or concerning the people as a whole: public affairs. 2. done made, acting, etc., for the people as a while: public relief. 3. open to all the people: serving all of the people: a public park. 4. of or engaged in the affairs or service of the people: public official. 5. known to many or all: not private: the fact became public. 5. international: public law. ---n. 1. the people in general, all the people. 2. a particular section of the people; clientèle. 3. in public, not in private or secretly; openly. [populus the people]

Barnhardt, Clarence L., ed., Thorndike-Bardhart Comprehensive Desk Dictionary. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954.

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