peple

== English == === Noun === peple pl (plural only) Obsolete spelling of people. === Anagrams === Epple, Pepel == Middle English == === Alternative forms === peeple, peopill, people, pepil, pepill, pepul, pepull, pepyl, pepyll, peuple, poepil, poeple, puple === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French pueple and Anglo-Norman people, from Latin populus, from Proto-Italic *poplos. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpeːpəl/, /ˈpeːplə/, /ˈpiu̯pəl/, /ˈpiu̯plə/ === Noun === 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 ==== Unlike in modern English, usually treated as a singular. ==== Descendants ==== English: people Scots: people ==== References ==== “pẹ̄ple, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.