people
♦♦♦ peo|ple /p'iːpəl/ (peoples peopling peopled)
1 [N-PLURAL]
People are men, women, and children. People is normally used as the plural of person, instead of `persons'.
Millions of people have lost their homes.
...the people of Angola.
...homeless young people...
I don't think people should make promises they don't mean to keep...
2 [N-PLURAL] the N
The people is sometimes used to refer to ordinary men and women, in contrast to the government or the upper classes.
...the will of the people.
3 [N-COUNT-COLL]
A people is all the men, women, and children of a particular country or race.
...the native peoples of Central and South America...
4 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed by/with n, V-ed
If a place or country is peopled by a particular group of people, that group of people live there.
It was peopled by a fiercely independent race of peace-loving Buddhists.
...a small town peopled by lay workers and families.
= populateboat peo|ple
[N-PLURAL]
Boat people are people who escape from their country in small boats to travel to another country in the hope that they will be able to live there..
...50,000 Vietnamese boat people.peo|ple car|ri|er (people carriers)
[N-COUNT]
A people carrier is a large family car which looks similar to a van and has three rows of seats for passengers.peo|ple mov|er (people movers)
also people-mover
[N-COUNT]
A people mover is the same as a people carrier.peo|ple smug|gling
or people trafficking
[N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
People smuggling or people trafficking is the practice of bringing immigrants into a country illegally.
...a people-smuggling operation.street peo|ple
[N-PLURAL]
Street people are homeless people who live outdoors in a town or city.
1 [N-PLURAL]
People are men, women, and children. People is normally used as the plural of person, instead of `persons'.
Millions of people have lost their homes.
...the people of Angola.
...homeless young people...
I don't think people should make promises they don't mean to keep...
2 [N-PLURAL] the N
The people is sometimes used to refer to ordinary men and women, in contrast to the government or the upper classes.
...the will of the people.
3 [N-COUNT-COLL]
A people is all the men, women, and children of a particular country or race.
...the native peoples of Central and South America...
4 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed by/with n, V-ed
If a place or country is peopled by a particular group of people, that group of people live there.
It was peopled by a fiercely independent race of peace-loving Buddhists.
...a small town peopled by lay workers and families.
= populateboat peo|ple
[N-PLURAL]
Boat people are people who escape from their country in small boats to travel to another country in the hope that they will be able to live there..
...50,000 Vietnamese boat people.peo|ple car|ri|er (people carriers)
[N-COUNT]
A people carrier is a large family car which looks similar to a van and has three rows of seats for passengers.peo|ple mov|er (people movers)
also people-mover
[N-COUNT]
A people mover is the same as a people carrier.peo|ple smug|gling
or people trafficking
[N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
People smuggling or people trafficking is the practice of bringing immigrants into a country illegally.
...a people-smuggling operation.street peo|ple
[N-PLURAL]
Street people are homeless people who live outdoors in a town or city.