ALL meanings of peoples
peo·ple
P p - noun plural peoples persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think? 1
- noun plural peoples persons, whether men, women, or children, considered as numerable individuals forming a group: Twenty people volunteered to help. 1
- noun plural peoples human beings, as distinguished from animals or other beings. 1
- noun plural peoples the entire body of persons who constitute a community, tribe, nation, or other group by virtue of a common culture, history, religion, or the like: the people of Australia; the Jewish people. 1
- noun plural peoples the persons of any particular group, company, or number (sometimes used in combination): the people of a parish; educated people; salespeople. 1
- noun plural peoples the ordinary persons, as distinguished from those who have wealth, rank, influence, etc.: a man of the people. 1
- noun plural peoples the subjects, followers, or subordinates of a ruler, leader, employer, etc.: the king and his people. 1
- noun plural peoples the body of enfranchised citizens of a state: representatives chosen by the people. 1
- noun plural peoples a person's family or relatives: My grandmother's people came from Iowa. 1
- noun plural peoples (used in the possessive in Communist or left-wing countries to indicate that an institution operates under the control of or for the benefit of the people, especially under Communist leadership): people's republic; people's army. 1
- noun plural peoples animals of a specified kind: the monkey people of the forest. 1
- verb with object peoples to furnish with people; populate. 1
- verb with object peoples to supply or stock as if with people: a meadow peopled with flowers. 1