people meaning and definition

PEOPLE noun

Definition of people (noun)

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

PEOPLE verb

Definition of people (verb)

1. fill with people
   • "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes"
2. furnish with people
   • "The plains are sparsely populated"