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"people" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often persons (7 letters).
Definitions
Human beings in general; also a group of persons
Word origin
From Middle English puple, peple, peeple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pueple, peuple, pople, from Latin populus (“a people, nation”), from Old Latin populus, from earlier poplus, from even earlier poplos, from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”) of unknown origin. Doublet of pueblo. Gradually ousted native English lede and, partially, folk.
Used in a sentence
“There were so many people at the restaurant last night.”
“These six people are waiting for the bus.”
“Under dictatorship, people suffered and died.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Human crowd”6 letters
02“Humans in a group”6 letters
03“Human beings”6 letters
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