# demos

Pronunciation: say "DEM-ohz" US /ˈdɛmoʊz/, UK /ˈdɛməʊz/

## Noun

1. Plural of demo. *(colloquial)* — plural of demo
   - Simple: Plural of demo. Use it when you mean more than one demo.
   - _The band recorded three rough demos in a friend's garage._
   - _The studio released free demos of both games so players could try them first._
3. The ordinary citizens of an ancient Greek city-state, and by extension the common people of any state or district, especially a democratic one. (pronounced: say "DEE-mos" US /ˈdiˌmɑs/, UK /ˈdiːmɒs/)
   - Simple: The ordinary citizens of an ancient Greek city, or the common people of any country.
   - _Critics of democracy feared that the demos would be swayed by clever speakers._
   - _Populist politicians like to claim that they alone speak for the demos._
4. One of the local districts into which ancient Attica was divided; now also a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages. (pronounced: say "DEE-mos" US /ˈdiˌmɑs/, UK /ˈdiːmɒs/)
   - Simple: A local district of ancient Attica, or a local government area in Greece today.
   - _Every Athenian citizen was registered in the demos of his ancestors._
   - _After the reform, several mountain villages were merged into a single demos._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of demo. *(colloquial)* — third-person singular simple present indicative of demo
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of demo. Use it after he, she, it or one person.
   - _The contractor demos the old kitchen before the new cabinets arrive._
   - _Each week the sales rep demos the software for a different client._

## Origin

**Meanings 3–4** — From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “ordinary citizens, common people from a district in a city-state”). It is a doublet of deme.
**Meanings 1–2** — Formed from demo with the suffix -s.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/demos (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).