A people, nation, race. Also, persons collectively, ‘people’.

A people, nation, race, tribe. Obsolete exc. archaic.

In singular. Used unemphatically, as a general or indefinite designation: persons unspecified as… With the. Obsolete.

With modifying word prefixed (often as a plural form applicable to both genders, where the singular has the distinctive man or woman), as country-p…

In depreciative or humorous use. People collectively, without reference to rank. Also in extended use with reference to animals. Obsolete.

With plural agreement. People; (frequently) spec. Afrikaners. Often as a form of address.