PEOPLE

people

(noun) (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; “old people”; “there were at least 200 people in the audience”

people

(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”

citizenry, people

(noun) the body of citizens of a state or country; “the Spanish people”

multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed

(noun) the common people generally; “separate the warriors from the mass”; “power to the people”

people

(verb) fill with people; “Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes”

people

(verb) furnish with people; “The plains are sparsely populated”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

people (countable and uncountable, plural peoples)

Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.

Synonyms: peeps (slang), lede, leod

(countable) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.

Synonyms: collective, community, congregation, folk

A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.

Synonyms: fans, groupies, supporters

One's colleagues or employees.

A person's ancestors, relatives or family.

Synonyms: kin, kith, folks

The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.

Synonyms: populace, commoners, citizenry

people

plural of person.

Usage notes

• When used to mean "persons" (meaning 1 above), "people" today takes a plural verb. However, in the past it could take a singular verb.

• Nowadays, "persons" as the plural of "person" is considered highly formal.

Verb

people (third-person singular simple present peoples, present participle peopling, simple past and past participle peopled)

(transitive) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.

(intransitive) To become populous or populated.

(transitive) To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

(rare, informal) To interact with people; to socialize.

Usage notes

• The informal interaction sense is chiefly used in the negative.

Anagrams

• Peploe

Source: Wiktionary

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Peo"ple, n. Etym: [OE. peple, people, OF. pueple, F. peuple, fr. L. populus. Cf. Populage, Public, Pueblo.]

1. The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation. Unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Gen. xlix. 10. The ants are a people not strong. Prov. xxx. 25. Before many peoples, and nations, and tongues. Rev. x. 11. Earth's monarchs are her peoples. Whitter . A government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people. T. Parker.

Note: Peopleis a collective noun, generally construed with a plural verb, and only occasionally used in the plural form (peoples), in the sense of nations or races.

2. Persons, generally; an indefinite number of men and women; folks; population, or part of population; as, country people; -- sometimes used as an indefinite subject or verb, like on in French, and man in German; as, people in adversity. People were tempted to lend by great premiums. Swift . People have lived twenty-four days upon nothing but water. Arbuthnot .

3. The mass of comunity as distinguished from a special class; the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; as, nobles and people. And strive to gain his pardon from the people. Addison .

4. With a possessive pronoun: (a) One's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my people were English. (b) One's subjects; fellow citizens; companions; followers. "You slew great number of his people." Shak.

Syn.

– People, Nation. When speaking of a state, we use people for the mass of the community, as distinguished from their rulers, and nation for the entire political body, including the rulers. In another sense of the term, nation describes those who are descended from the same stock; and in this sense the Germans regard themselves as one nation, though politically subject to different forms of government.

Peo"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peopled p. pr. & vb. n. Peopling (.] Etym: [Cf. OF. popler, puepler, F. puepler. Cf. Populate.]

Definition: To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate. "Peopled heaven with angels." Dryden. As the gay motes that people the sunbeams. Milton .

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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