people

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Meaning

Synonyms

ordinary people

common people

the great unwashed

great number

men and women

the public

each person

homo sapiens

indigenous people

kin group

the masses

family line

well-bred man

all people

imperial subjects

mass of the people

the citizens of country

the entire people

whole people

habitancy

human population

homme

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
peo‧ple
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpiːpəl/
Etymology

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.

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