people
noun
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
“old people”
“there were at least 200 people in the audience”
the body of citizens of a state or country
“the Spanish people”
Synonymscitizenrymembers of a family line
“his people have been farmers for generations”
“are your people still alive?”
the common people generally
“separate the warriors from the mass”
“power to the people”
verb
fill with people
“Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes”
furnish with people
“The plains are sparsely populated”
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University