people's
(Redirected from people’s)
English
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- Considered to be of, from, or in tune with the common people, rather than from a ruling elite.
- 2011, Andrew [David] Morton, “Foreword”, in Diana: Her True Story – In Her Own Words, electronic edition, London: Michael O'Mara Books, →ISBN:
- She [Diana, Princess of Wales] was of the people and for the people, and the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, captured that sentiment when he described her as 'the people's princess'.
- In certain socialist states: of, from, or controlled (at least in name) by the common people rather than a ruling elite.
- 1958, John Gunther, Inside Russia Today, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →OCLC:
- She was elevated to the rank of People's Artist in 1940.
- (derogatory, humorous) Used to label a state as secretly authoritarian or totalitarian regardless of its government.
- People's United States of America
- People's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- People's Republic of France
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, -'s.
Translations
[edit]of, from, or controlled by the common people
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