People

People

A people is a plurality of persons considered as a whole, as in an ethnic group or nation. Collectively, for example, Jews are known as "the Jewish people", European Gypsies comprise the bulk of "the Romani people", and Palestinian Arabs have started to be called "the Palestinian people".

Read more about People.

Famous quotes containing the word people:

    “We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

    “The biggest News I do not dare
    Telegraph to the Editor’s chair:
    “They are like people everywhere.””
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “He hates chess. He says it is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something clever when they are only wasting their time.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)