people
plural noun
Noun 1. people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
people [ˈpiːpəl]
n (usually functioning as plural)
n. pl. people
1. Humans considered as a group or in indefinite numbers: People were dancing in the street. I met all sorts of people.
people
n pl people [ˈpiːpl]
people is usually plural: The people waiting at the airport were impatient .
people is singular, and has the plural peoples , when it means a nation: a defeated people ; the peoples of eastern Europe .