people
noun
- 1
Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
“There were so many people at the restaurant last night.”
- 2
Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
- 3
A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.
- 4
One's colleagues or employees.
- 5
A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
“My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War.”
- 6
The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
verb
- 1
To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
- 2
To become populous or populated.
- 3
To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.
- 4
To interact with people; to socialize.
noun
- 1
An individual; usually a human being.
“Each person is unique, both mentally and physically.”
- 2
The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
- 3
Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
“At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.”
- 4
The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
- 5
(grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he or she is speaking. See grammatical person.
- 6
A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.
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