people (peoples plural & 3rd person present) (peopling present participle) (peopled past tense & past participle )
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 people is sometimes used to refer to ordinary men and women, in contrast to the government or the upper classes.
the N
...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 If a place or country is peopled by a particular group of people, that group of people live there. usu passive
(=populate) It was peopled by a fiercely independent race of peace-loving Buddhists. be V-ed by/with n ...a small town peopled by lay workers and families. V-ed
boat people
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.. n-plural
...50,000 Vietnamese boat people.
old people's home (old people's homes plural )An old people's home is a place where old people live and are cared for when they are too old to look after themselves.
(mainly BRIT) n-count
people carrier (people carriers plural )A people carrier is a large family car which looks similar to a van and has three rows of seats for passengers. n-count
people mover (people movers plural ), people-mover A people mover is the same as a people carrier. n-count
street people
Street people are homeless people who live outdoors in a town or city. n-plural
