Definitions
1.AdjectiveConsidered to be of, from, or in tune with the common people, rather than from a ruling elite.
2.AdjectiveIn 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"
3.AdjectiveUsed 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; the People's Republic of France"
4.AdjectiveUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, -'s.