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")