Noun:
1: people (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
2: people, citizenry the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people"
3: multitude, the great unwashed, masses, people, mass, hoi polloi the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
4: people members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"
Verb:
1: people, populate fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country"
2: people, populate furnish with people; "The plains are sparsely populated"