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People

noun

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

The body of citizens of a state or country. Synonym: citizenry.

Members of a family line. "Are your people still alive?"

The common people generally. Synonyms: hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, the great unwashed. "Power to the people"

verb

(past & past part. peopled; pres. part. peopling)

Fill with people.

Furnish with people.

Person

noun

(pl. people, persons)

A human being. Synonyms: individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul.

A human body (usually including the clothing).

A grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party.

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"People" Quotes from Famous Books

... you?" retorted Matty—"Didn't I know betther than refuse you, when my father said the word when the divil was busy with him? Why did I marry you?—it's a pity I didn't refuse, and be murthered that night, maybe, as soon as the people's backs was turned. Oh, it's little you know of owld Jack Dwyer, or you wouldn't ask me that; but, though I'm afraid of him, I'm not afraid of you—so stand off ...

— Handy Andy, Vol. 2 - A Tale of Irish Life • Samuel Lover

... the vast lists of publications which his biographers and bibliographers have compiled, partly by industry and partly by imagination, by far the larger number of entries is of the pamphlet kind. Indeed, as most people know, Defoe did not take to the composition of the fiction which has made his name famous till very late in life. Born in the year 1661, he began pamphleteering when he was scarcely of age, and continued in that way (with occasional excursions into work larger in scale, but not very ...

— Political Pamphlets • George Saintsbury

... send his telegram to Aaron Poole, and all the boys set off on a hunt for the wild man. They covered the streets of the village and some of the roads on the outskirts, but without success. They met three people who had talked to the strange individual, and from what had passed Dave and his chums were sure that the man must have been ...

— Dave Porter At Bear Camp - The Wild Man of Mirror Lake • Edward Stratemeyer

... most of your first work will be done with pine, poplar, or other light-colored material, and, as many people prefer the furniture to be dark in color, you should be prepared ...

— Carpentry for Boys • J. S. Zerbe

... is the key of the whole enigma. The young girl has been playing her pranks; what people say about her and the king is true, then; our young master has been deceived; he ought to know it. Monsieur le comte has been to see the king, and has told him a piece of his mind; and then the king sent M. d'Artagnan ...

— Louise de la Valliere • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

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