1.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. "Popular states." "So the popular vote inclines." "The men commonly held in popular estimation are greatest at a distance."
2.Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain. "Homilies are plain popular instructions."
3.Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements. "The smallest figs, called popular figs,... are, of all others, the basest and of least account."
4.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.
5.Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace. (R.) "Such popular humanity is treason."
6.Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. (Obs.)
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