Definition of "people" []

• Humans considered as a group or in indefinite numbers: People were dancing in the street. I met all sorts of people. (noun)
• A body of persons living in the same country under one national government; a nationality. (noun)
• A body of persons sharing a common religion, culture, language, or inherited condition of life. (noun)
• Persons with regard to their residence, class, profession, or group: city people. (noun)
• The mass of ordinary persons; the populace. Used with the: "those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes” ( Thomas Jefferson). (noun)

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