ENGLISH: people - CREOLE: moun



Overview of noun people



The noun people has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (559) 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. (94) citizenry, people -- (the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people")

3. (40) multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed -- (the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people")

4. (5) people -- (members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?")



Overview of verb people



The verb people has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (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")

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