people

n 1: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or

children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at

least 200 people in the audience"

2: the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish

people" [syn: {citizenry}]

3: the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the

mass"; "power to the people" [syn: {multitude}, {masses},

{mass}, {hoi polloi}]

4: members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for

generations"; "are your people still alive?"

v 1: fill with people; "people a room"

2: make one's home or live in; "There are only 250,000 people

in Island" [syn: {dwell}, {shack}, {reside}, {live}, {inhabit},

{populate}]