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
- The organisation was officially concerned with economic development but after the memo was leaked people began to see them in their true colours.
- They listened as Walter Frank urged the audience "strongheartedly to proclaim great deeds and thus to help develop a people that not only understands great deeds but is also able to perform them."
- [ …] And make Christ's people by peculiar choice Dignosce the shepherds from the hyrelings voice.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- People were spilling out of the stadium after the game.
- People also come in full of misgivings about "overwinding" their watches. "You can't overwind a watch - you can only underwind it," said McKelvey.
- People who've zorbed in New Zealand, say Swiss mountains are too steep to allow the leisurely roll-out that's the real thrill.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.
- He says that a 30 storey farmscraper could provide fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, poultry – and clean water – for 50,000 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.