ENGLISH PEOPLE

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• ENGLISH PEOPLE (noun)
  The noun ENGLISH PEOPLE has 1 sense:

1. the people of England

  Familiarity information: ENGLISH PEOPLE used as a noun is very rare.

• ENGLISH PEOPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The people of England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

English; English people

Hypernyms ("English people" is a kind of...):

country; land; nation (the people who live in a nation or country)

 Context examples 

"I forgot that English people rather turn up their noses at governesses and don't treat them as we do," said Meg, looking after the retreating figure with an annoyed expression.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A city house in a fashionable street, not so showy as our big houses, but twice as comfortable and full of solid luxury, such as English people believe in.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

London to our heart's content, thanks to Fred and Frank, and were sorry to go away, for though English people are slow to take you in, when they once make up their minds to do it they cannot be outdone in hospitality, I think.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)