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people's

/ˈpiːpəlz/

people's adjective: considered to be of, from, or in tune with the common people, rather than from a ruling elite.

Adjective

people's (not comparable)

  1. Considered to be of, from, or in tune with the common people, rather than from a ruling elite.
    • 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'.2011, Andrew [David] Morton, “Foreword”, in Diana: Her True Story – In Her Own Words, electronic edition, London: Michael O'Mara Books, →ISBN
  2. In certain socialist states: of, from, or controlled (at least in name) by the common people rather than a ruling elite.
    • the People's Liberation Army
    • She was elevated to the rank of People's Artist in 1940.1958, John Gunther, Inside Russia Today, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →OCLC
  3. (derogatory, humorous) Used to label a state as secretly authoritarian or totalitarian regardless of its government.
    • the People's United States of America
    • the People's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, -'s.

people's meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

people's in Tamil

மக்களின்

people's in Marathi

लोकांची, लोकांचे, जनतेचे

people's in Urdu

لوگوں کا, لوگوں کی, لوگوں کے

people's in Bengali

জনগণের
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people's in Telugu
ప్రజలది
people's in Malayalam
ജനങ്ങളുടെ
people's in Odia
ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କର, ଲୋକଙ୍କ, ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କ
people's in Nepali
जनताको, मानिसहरूको, जनताका
people's in Arabic
شَعْبِيّ šaʕbiyy
people's in Myanmar
ပြည်သူ့ pranysu.

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Questions about people's

What does people's mean?
People's means considered to be of, from, or in tune with the common people, rather than from a ruling elite.
What is people's in Tamil?
People's in Tamil is மக்களின். See People's meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is people's?
People's is an adjective.
How do you pronounce people's?
People's is pronounced /ˈpiːpəlz/.

Words near people's in the dictionary

  1. people watching
  2. people who have, get
  3. people who have, get more
  4. people who live in glass houses should not throw stones
  5. people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
  6. people's
  7. people's armies
  8. people's army
  9. people's commune
  10. people's communes
  11. people's democracies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: people's (page history and authors); people's (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); people's (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); people's (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); people's (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); people's (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); people's (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); people's (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); people's (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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