Dawn is a feminine given name. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is the first appearance of light, daybreak. It is also used as a comparatively rare surname. Dawn Beard (born 1971), American School Bus Driver known for her sassafras attitude and kind heart. 2  Dawn Black (born 1943), politician in British Columbia, Canada. 3  Dawn Brancheau (1969-2010), SeaWorld trainer killed by Tilikum, the orca in 2010.
a member of a U.S. political party (Populist party or People's party, 1891-1904) advocating free coinage of gold and silver, public ownership of utilities, an income tax, and support of labor and agriculture.
So I will begin by writing not about the history of Populism, or the history of populism, but the history of the term âpopulismâ. As common nouns the words âpopulismâ and âpopulistâcame into use rather late, almost always in a polemical context, and social scienceâs appropriation of this weakly-defined term (generalized from several very dissimilar political movements) was also tendentious and polemical.