peple
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
peple pl (plural only)
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French pueple and Anglo-Norman people, from Latin populus, from Proto-Italic *poplos.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
peple (plural peples)
- people (multiple individuals)
- people (a group or class of individuals)
- subjects (of a ruler), followers (of a doctrine)
- nation, race, stock
- crowd, mass, gathering (of people)
- army, retinue (group of armed people)
- commoners (as opposed to nobility or clergy)
- humankind, humanity; all people
Usage notes[edit]
- Unlike in modern English, usually treated as a singular.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “pẹ̄ple, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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- enm:Collectives
- enm:Military
- enm:People