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
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- ... explicitly clear, in the way that 10 Downing Street has made it clear in the case of city academies, that it is perfectly legitimate to put people in the House of Lords ...
- If you're an occasional shul-goer and have not yet found a home, ask your friends, people you feel are on the same wavelength as you. Go shul hopping!
- The reason for equivalization is to allow for household economies of scale–for example, cooking a meal for four people costs less than cooking four separate meals for one person.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- People were spilling out of the stadium after the game.
- People who've zorbed in New Zealand, say Swiss mountains are too steep to allow the leisurely roll-out that's the real thrill.
- People also come in full of misgivings about "overwinding" their watches. "You can't overwind a watch - you can only underwind it," said McKelvey.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Are these "statistics" they cite verifiable, or are they just blowing smoke, trying to scare people?
- He seemed to get flustered when speaking in front of too many people.
- In short, modern Conservative economics produces very unconservative 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
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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.