people.
plural of person: a body of persons considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
Meaning & usage
plural of person: a body of persons considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
There were so many people at the restaurant last night.
These six people are waiting for the bus.
Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
a people apart
an industrious people
A group of persons regarded as being servants, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler or leader.
Moses said, "Let my people go."
his people were weary
One's colleagues or employees.
I'll have my people call your people.
I have my people working on it.
A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War.
His people live out west.
The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
The people have successfully stood up against tyranny and totalitarianism.
The election is over and the people have spoken.
People in general, humans, by extension sentient beings real or fictional.
People don't like it when you tweak their noses.
Teachers are people too.
Where this word comes from
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.
To interact with people; to socialize.
Where this word comes from
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.
To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
To become populous or populated.
To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English peplen, peuplien, partly from Middle French peupler (from peuple (“people”)) and partly from the noun (etymology 1).
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