Meaning Of The Word People

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-people in American English
-person

people
A people is all the men, women, and children of a particular country or race.
If a place or country is peopled by a particular group of people, that group of people live there.
plural noun: People are men, women, and children. People is normally used as the plural of person, instead of 'persons'.
plural noun: The people is sometimes used to refer to ordinary men and women, in contrast to the government or the upper classes.
verb: If something such as a story or a time in history is peopled with people of a particular kind, those people occur or exist in it.

people in American English
all the persons of a racial, national, religious, or linguistic group; nation, race, etc.
noun: persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general
transitive verb: to furnish with people; populate

people in British English
persons collectively or in general

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