people

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, form-of, plural, uncountable) plural of person: a body of persons considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
2. (collective, countable) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
3. (countable, uncountable) A group of persons regarded as being servants, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler or leader.
4. (countable, uncountable) One's colleagues or employees.
5. (countable, uncountable) A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
6. (countable, uncountable) The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
7. (countable, uncountable) People in general, humans, by extension sentient beings real or fictional.

Verb

1. (transitive) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
2. (intransitive) To become populous or populated.
3. (transitive) To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.
4. (informal, rare) To interact with people; to socialize.

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person

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

person

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folk

nation

public

populace

masses

man

👨

human beings

population

mankind

human

family

👪

persons

crowd

race

citizen

human being

community

commoner

populate

multitude

class

subjects

ordinary people

nationality

men

inhabitants

citizens

they

common people

neighbours

citizenry

villager

tribe

world

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clan

residents

the great unwashed

mass

whoever

humanity

humankind

hoi polloi

general public

civilian

country

company

commonalty

mob

one

Translations

Volk

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Leute

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peuple

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gente

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pueblo

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volk

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gens

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povo

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gente

gente

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popolo

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populus

mensen

popolazione

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpiːpəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: puple

Cognate with English: lede

Cognate with Middle English: lede

In summary

From Middle English puple, peple, peeple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pueple, peuple, pople, from Latin populus (“a people, nation”), from Old Latin populus, from earlier poplus, from even earlier poplos, from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”) of unknown origin. Doublet of pueblo. Gradually ousted native English lede and, partially, folk.
Originally used with singular verbs (e.g. "the people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness" in the King James Version of 2 Samuel 17:29), the plural aspect of people is probably due to influence from Middle English lede, leed, a plural since Old English times; see lēode.

Sentences

Some went away while I was there , and other people came .

People now were coming out of the houses .

Despite this she would bring back home people who needed help .

Two people talking on a dock .

I found a little crowd of about twenty people surrounding the huge hole .

This implies a difference between common people and the elite .