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peple

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English

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Noun

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peple pl (plural only)

  1. Obsolete spelling of people.

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French pueple and Anglo-Norman people, from Latin populus, from Proto-Italic *poplos.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpeːpəl/, /ˈpeːplə/, /ˈpiu̯pəl/, /ˈpiu̯plə/

Noun

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peple (plural peples)

  1. people (multiple individuals)
  2. people (a group or class of individuals)
  3. subjects (of a ruler), followers (of a doctrine)
  4. nation, race, stock
  5. crowd, mass, gathering (of people)
  6. army, retinue (group of armed people)
  7. commoners (as opposed to nobility or clergy)
  8. humankind, humanity; all people

Usage notes

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  • Unlike in modern English, usually treated as a singular.

Descendants

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  • English: people
  • Scots: people

References

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