people meaning
EN
[ˈpiːpəl] [ˈpipəl] [ˈpipl̩] [-iːpəl] 
US UK WPeople
- A people is a plurality of persons considered as a whole, as is the case with an ethnic group or nation.
FR people 
- NounPLpeoples
- Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
- Why do so many people commit suicide?
- (plural peoples) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc; folk; a community.
- A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.
- One's colleagues or employees.
- A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
- My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War.
- The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
- Economocracy is government of the people, for the plutocrats, by their puppets.
- Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
- VerbSGpeoplesPRpeoplingPT, PPpeopled
- (transitive) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
- (intransitive) To become populous or populated.
- (transitive) To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.
- (transitive) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- And now thousands of funny people with brightly coloured outdoor clothing and maps in plastic mapholders follow in their footsteps, ticking them off.
- A lot of people don't develop pictures nor do they purchase real cameras anymore so cell phones now are adding better pixilation and tripod attachments to take steady pictures.
- The agency will rescind the policy because many people are dissatisfied with it.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- People "mana shuffle" because of the numerous games they have played and they have found that land becomes clumped together (i.e. a "mana pocket").
- People doing the tracking can locate the trackees through a Web or cellphone interface or by calling the company’s toll-free number and providing the operator with a password.
- People were spilling out of the stadium after the game.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- But theres almost as many different sorts of marriages as theres different sorts of people.
- Why do we sit cross-handed and do nothing which would serve as a basis upon which to build the salvation of our people?
- They deprecated the attempt to deny aid to homeless people.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of people in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "people" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.