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
- She was at a loss for words when she saw the number of people who had come to grieve for her husband.
- Some people support the measure, but the community at large will probably be against it.
- A 5-ml venous blood sample was taken from some people with characteristic or query echinococcosis or alveococcosis images or with hydatid disease surgical history.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- People would place themselves so as to expose the more expressive left hemiface to the partner or/and[sic] to use the more efficient left visual field to observe the partner.
- People always told me that owning property was a big turn-on for many women – a sign that a bloke has got it going on financially.
- People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- In short, modern Conservative economics produces very unconservative people.
- He seemed to get flustered when speaking in front of too many 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.