people

Noun

  • (n.) people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively) "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
  • (n.) citizenry, people (the body of citizens of a state or country) "the Spanish people"
  • (n.) people (members of a family line) "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive"
  • (n.) multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed (the common people generally) "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

Verb

  • (v.) people (fill with people) "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes"
  • (v.) people (furnish with people) "The plains are sparsely populated"
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APAWordNet. (2010). people. Retrieved May 18, 2013, from http://smartdefine.org/people/definitions/1324051
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "people" http://smartdefine.org/people/definitions/1324051 (accessed May 18, 2013).
HarvardWordNet 2010, people, Smart Define, viewed 18 May, 2013, <http://smartdefine.org/people/definitions/1324051>.
MLAWordNet. "people" 23 October 2010. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://smartdefine.org/people/definitions/1324051>
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