Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Populous

Populous , adjective

[Latin populosus, from populus people: compare French populeux.]

1.
Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country.
Heaven, yet populous, retains Number sufficient to possess her realms. — Milton
2.
Popular; famous. [Obsolete] — J. Webster
3.
Common; vulgar. [Obsolete] — Arden of Feversham
4.
Numerous; in large number. [Obsolete]
The dust... raised by your populous troops. — Shakespeare