people person

Ответ от LAK•[гуру]
1. А разве слово PERSONS, множественное от person, отменили? Если нет, то именно оно и есть множественное от person.
2. PEOPLE может быть и ГЛАГОЛОМ (transitive).
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peo·ple
noun
1 plural : human beings making up a group or assembly or linked by a common interest
2 plural : human beings, persons — often used in compounds instead of persons <salespeople> — often used attributively
3 plural : the members of a family or kinship
4 plural : the mass of a community as distinguished from a special class <disputes> — often used by Communists to distinguish Communists from other people
5 plural peoples : a body of persons that are united by a common culture, tradition, or sense of kinship, that typically have common language, institutions, and beliefs, and that often constitute a politically organized group
6 : lower animals usually of a specified kind or situation
7 : the body of enfranchised citizens of a state
Origin: Middle English peple, from Anglo-French pople, peple, peuple, from Latin populus.
First use: 13th century
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people
transitive verb
1 : to supply or fill with people
2 : to dwell in : inhabit
Other forms: peo·pled; peo·pling
Examples
The town is peopled almost entirely by factory workers.
a campus peopled with students from around the world
The story is peopled with odd characters.