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The Meaning of people
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(n.) The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.
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(n.) Persons, generally; an indefinite number of men and women; folks; population, or part of population; as, country people; -- sometimes used as an indefinite subject or verb, like on in French, and man in German; as, people in adversity.
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(n.) The mass of comunity as distinguished from a special class; the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; as, nobles and people.
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(n.) One's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my people were English.
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(n.) One's subjects; fellow citizens; companions; followers.
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(v. t.) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
Synonyms
citizenry
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multitude
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masses
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mass
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hoi polloi
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the great unwashed
Homophones
peepul
Rhymes
laypeople
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peepul
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salespeople
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seiple
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sepal
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steeple
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teeple
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townspeople