(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; old people; there were at least 200 people in the audience'

the body of citizens of a state or country; the Spanish people

[ Syn: citizenry ]

members of a family line; his people have been farmers for generations; are your people still alive?'

the common people generally; separate the warriors from the mass; power to the people

[ Syn: multitude , masses , mass , hoi polloi , the great unwashed ]

fill with people; Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes'

furnish with people; The plains are sparsely populated'