A body of persons living in the same country under one national government; a nationality, Persons subordinate to or loyal to a ruler, superior, or employer, The whole body of persons who compose a community, tribe, race, or nation_ as, the people of England; the people of Israel, verb_ furnish with people, fill with people, transitive verb_ To settle or inhabit with people; populate, To be present in or on (a place), To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate, intransitive verb_ To become populous or populated