(n.) The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation,
or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a
nation.
(n.) Persons, generally; an indefinite number of men and women;
folks; population, or part of population; as, country people; --
sometimes used as an indefinite subject or verb, like on in French, and
man in German; as, people in adversity.
(n.) The mass of comunity as distinguished from a special class;
the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; as, nobles
and people.
(n.) One's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my
people were English.
(n.) One's subjects; fellow citizens; companions; followers.
(v. t.) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with
people; to populate.