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Public

adjective

Not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole. "Public libraries" , "Public funds" , "Public parks" , "A public scandal" , "Public gardens" , "Performers and members of royal families are public figures"

Affecting the people or community as a whole. "Community interests" , "The public welfare"

noun

People in general considered as a whole. Synonyms: populace, world.

A body of people sharing some common interest.

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"Public" Quotes from Famous Books

... was published in the Moravian, Bethlehem, Penn., in 1876, with notes prepared by Rev. A.A. Reinke, present pastor of the Moravian congregation in New York. The extracts for 1775 appear in print now for the first time, and, of the whole, only those which bear upon public affairs are given here. In 1776, the Moravian Church stood in Fair street (now Fulton), opposite the old North Dutch Church on the corner ...

— The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn • Henry P. Johnston

... friend, a public school teacher in Chicago,—Miss Jessie G——, who holds advanced views on these matters and admits that she herself has been a sex transgressor. She has never been sordid or mercenary, she has always believed that she was actuated by ...

— Possessed • Cleveland Moffett

... surrounding Great Britain and France. Even the hospital ships, marked plainly with the red cross, and boats carrying food to the starving people of Belgium, were torpedoed without mercy. The curious state of public feeling in Germany is well illustrated by an incident which happened at this time. It so happened that an English hospital ship, crossing the channel, was laden with about as many German wounded as British. These men had been left helpless on the field ...

— The World War and What was Behind It - The Story of the Map of Europe • Louis P. Benezet

... may still find some excuse for it in the passionate enthusiasm of the times, always, however, remembering that the readiest in accusation and in putting the worst construction on the actions of others, is generally one who unconsciously brings a public accusation against his ...

— Simon Magus • George Robert Stow Mead

... rest, Richard had considerably recovered. Whenever he came into the public room, I could not help observing the devoted attention which Aveline paid him. She seemed to watch his every look, and attend to his slightest want. He, indeed, I thought, expected her to devote herself to him and to demand her services as a right, which she ...

— The Golden Grasshopper - A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham • W.H.G. Kingston

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