Main entry: people
Definition: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
Usage: old people; there were at least 200 people in the audience
Main entry: people
Definition: members of a family line
Usage: his people have been farmers for generations; are your people still alive?
Definition: the body of citizens of a state or country
Usage: the Spanish people
Main entry: hoi polloi, the great unwashed, mass, masses, multitude, people
Definition: the common people generally
Usage: separate the warriors from the mass; power to the people
Main entry: people
Definition: fill with people
Usage: Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes
Main entry: people
Definition: furnish with people
Usage: The plains are sparsely populated