"deme" meaning in English

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "biodeme"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "demarch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ecodeme"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "demesman"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "δῆμος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "district"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “district”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “district”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "demes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "deme (plural demes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Don Nardo, Ancient Greece, page 97",
          "text": "They increased the authority of the Assembly and divided Attica into numerous small wardlike districts, the demes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A township or other subdivision of ancient Attica."
      ],
      "id": "en-deme-en-noun-0qf1yopH",
      "links": [
        [
          "township",
          "township"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "township of Attica",
          "word": "demos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "township of Attica",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dème"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dímos",
          "sense": "township of Attica",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "δήμος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "dêmos",
          "sense": "township of Attica",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "δῆμος"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Ecology",
          "orig": "en:Ecology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A distinct local population of plants or animals."
      ],
      "id": "en-deme-en-noun-v3eZopYs",
      "links": [
        [
          "ecology",
          "ecology"
        ],
        [
          "population",
          "population"
        ],
        [
          "plants",
          "plants"
        ],
        [
          "animals",
          "animals"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ecology) A distinct local population of plants or animals."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "ecology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/diːm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːm"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "deem (Received Pronunciation)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deme"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deh₂-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:English/iːm",
    "Rhymes:English/iːm/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "biodeme"
    },
    {
      "word": "demarch"
    },
    {
      "word": "ecodeme"
    },
    {
      "word": "demesman"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "δῆμος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "district"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “district”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “district”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "demes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "deme (plural demes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Don Nardo, Ancient Greece, page 97",
          "text": "They increased the authority of the Assembly and divided Attica into numerous small wardlike districts, the demes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A township or other subdivision of ancient Attica."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "township",
          "township"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Ecology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A distinct local population of plants or animals."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ecology",
          "ecology"
        ],
        [
          "population",
          "population"
        ],
        [
          "plants",
          "plants"
        ],
        [
          "animals",
          "animals"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ecology) A distinct local population of plants or animals."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "ecology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/diːm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːm"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "deem (Received Pronunciation)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "township of Attica",
      "word": "demos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "township of Attica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dème"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dímos",
      "sense": "township of Attica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δήμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "dêmos",
      "sense": "township of Attica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δῆμος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deme"
}