Meaning

2 senses
  1. (figuratively)Commoners; ordinary people.

  2. (dated, plural, plural only, slang)The Vietnamese, particularly in the Vietnam War.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. If Tom spoke a little slower, people would be able to understand him better.

    deSpräche Tom etwas langsamer, verstünde man ihn besser. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. He knew little about the people.

    Він знав про людей мало. — SvetlanaSVD

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  3. If you don't start treating people with a little more respect, people may start avoiding you like the plague.

    deWenn du nicht endlich anfängst, die Menschen ein wenig respektvoller zu behandeln, könnten die Menschen anfangen, dich zu meiden wie die Pest. — Manfredo

  4. Little people watch big people.

  5. I'm a little wary of people who punctuate their text messages.

Forms

plural: little peoples
Singularlittle people
Plurallittle peoples

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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