people
noun
[ ˈpiːp(ə)l ]
• human beings in general or considered collectively.
• "the earthquake killed 30,000 people"
Similar:
human beings,
persons,
individuals,
humans,
mankind,
humankind,
the human race,
Homo sapiens,
humanity,
the human species,
mortals,
(living) souls,
personages,
men,
women,
and children,
folk,
peeps,
• the members of a particular nation, community, or ethnic group.
• "the native peoples of Canada"
Similar:
race,
tribe,
clan,
ethnic group,
strain,
stock,
caste,
nation,
country,
population,
populace,
breed,
folk,
seed,
• the supporters or employees of a person in a position of power or authority.
• "I've had my people watching the house for some time now"
people
verb
• (of a group of people) inhabit (a place).
• "an arid mountain region peopled by warring clans"
Similar:
populate,
settle (in),
colonize,
establish oneself in,
inhabit,
live in,
occupy,
be,
reside in,
domiciled in,
dwell in,
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French poeple, from Latin populus ‘populace’.
person
noun
• a human being regarded as an individual.
• "the porter was the last person to see her prior to her disappearance"
Similar:
human being,
individual,
man/woman,
human,
being,
living soul,
soul,
mortal,
creature,
fellow,
figure,
personage,
character,
type,
sort,
beggar,
cookie,
customer,
critter,
bunny,
fella,
bloke,
chap,
bod,
geezer,
gent,
guy,
gal,
dude,
hombre,
body,
dog,
cove,
dame,
wight,
sod,
bugger,
• a category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms, according to whether they indicate the speaker ( first person ), the addressee ( second person ), or a third party ( third person ).
• each of the three modes of being of God, namely the Father, the Son, or the Holy Ghost, who together constitute the Trinity.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French persone, from Latin persona ‘actor's mask, character in a play’, later ‘human being’.
