People vs. Persons

Peoplenoun

Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.

Peoplenoun

(countable) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc; folk; a community.

Peoplenoun

A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.

Peoplenoun

One's colleagues or employees.

Peoplenoun

A person's ancestors, relatives or family.

Peoplenoun

The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.

Peoplenoun

plural of person.

Peopleverb

(transitive) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.

Peopleverb

(intransitive) To become populous or populated.

Peopleverb

(transitive) To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

Peoplenoun

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

Peoplenoun

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.

Peoplenoun

The mass of community as distinguished from a special class; the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; as, nobles and people.

Peoplenoun

One's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my people were English.

Peopleverb

To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.

Peoplenoun

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively;

Peoplenoun

the body of citizens of a state or country;

Peoplenoun

the common people generally;

Peoplenoun

members of a family line;

Peopleverb

fill with people or supply with inhabitants;

Peopleverb

make one's home or live in;

Peoplenoun

human beings in general or considered collectively

Peoplenoun

the citizens of a country, especially when considered in relation to those who govern them

Peoplenoun

the members of a society without special rank or position

Peoplenoun

the state prosecution in a trial

Peoplenoun

the members of a particular nation, community, or ethnic group

Peoplenoun

the supporters or employees of a person in a position of power or authority

Peoplenoun

one's parents or relatives

Peopleverb

(of a group of people) inhabit (a place)

Peopleverb

fill or be present in (a place or domain)

Peopleverb

fill (a place) with inhabitants

People

A people is a plurality of persons considered as a whole, as is the case with an ethnic group, nation or the public of a polity.

Personsnoun

plural of person; used to refer to them individually, rather than as a group. Contrast people.