1. (

• people

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

2. (

• citizenry ,
• people ,

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

3. (

• people ,

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

4. (

• multitude ,
• masses ,
• mass ,
• hoi_polloi ,
• people ,
• the_great_unwashed

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

1. (

• people

) fill with people; "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes" ;

2. (

• people

) furnish with people; "The plains are sparsely populated" ;