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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8864741" data-attributes="member: 58172">The dictionary that I like best for American English is the American Heritage Dictionary. When I was in college I compared a bunch of dictionaries because I needed one that supplied excellent etymologies. Since then, this dictionary has be continued to prove itself both precise and accurate while remaining succinct. I love <a href="https://www.thefreedictionary.com/people" target="_blank">this online website TheFreeDictionary.com</a> because it cites the American Heritage Dictionary for American dialects and the Collins English Dictionary for British dialects, and sometimes adds other dictionaries if necessary to help catch a specific nuance or technical jargon.Here in brief:1. a plural of person2a. a body of persons in the same country under one government2b. citizens3. (pl. peoples) a body of persons sharing a culture4. persons with regard to their group: city people, farming people [= city persons, farming persons]Honestly the Collins English Dictionary does better here laying out this particular entry. But both dictionaries are clear.Anyway none of these definitions means &quot;a race&quot;. Either it means anyone anywhere indefinitely, or it means a specific culture or state. Elves are many cultures and many governments. Elves are many peoples and many citizenries.Which dictionary are you citing? It is a less good dictionary. It fails to make clear the first, main, and most frequent meaning which is: a nonstandard plural for the noun &quot;person&quot;. Altho the plural &quot;persons&quot; happens in official and formal writing, it is uncommon in spoken usage. Instead, English speakers mostly use the term &quot;people&quot; when referring to more than one &quot;person&quot;: one person, two people. Moreover, the dictionary entry fails to make clear that definition 2. is a singular countable noun: one people, two peoples.Definition 1 first says:&quot;the earthquake killed 30,000 people&quot;This means exactly the same thing as:&quot;the earthquake killed 30,000 persons&quot;But then the subdefinitions switch to a different meaning, which is &quot;citizens&quot;, leaving the main meaning &quot;persons&quot; unclear.I wouldnt use the dicitionary that you cite, whichever one it is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8864741, member: 58172"] The dictionary that I like best for American English is the [I]American Heritage Dictionary[/I]. When I was in college I compared a bunch of dictionaries because I needed one that supplied excellent etymologies. Since then, this dictionary has be continued to prove itself both precise and accurate while remaining succinct. I love [URL='https://www.thefreedictionary.com/people']this online website TheFreeDictionary.com[/URL] because it cites the [I]American Heritage Dictionary[/I] for American dialects and the [I]Collins English Dictionary[/I] for British dialects, and sometimes adds other dictionaries if necessary to help catch a specific nuance or technical jargon. Here in brief: 1. a plural of [I]person[/I] 2a. a body of persons in the same country under one government 2b. citizens 3. (pl. peoples) a body of persons sharing a culture 4. persons with regard to their group: city people, farming people [= city persons, farming persons] Honestly the [I]Collins English Dictionary[/I] does better here laying out this particular entry. But both dictionaries are clear. Anyway none of these definitions means "a race". Either it means anyone anywhere indefinitely, or it means a specific culture or state. Elves are many cultures and many governments. Elves are many peoples and many citizenries. Which dictionary are you citing? It is a less good dictionary. It fails to make clear the first, main, and most frequent meaning which is: a nonstandard plural for the noun "person". Altho the plural "persons" happens in official and formal writing, it is uncommon in spoken usage. Instead, English speakers mostly use the term "people" when referring to more than one "person": one person, two people. Moreover, the dictionary entry fails to make clear that definition 2. is a singular countable noun: one people, two peoples. Definition 1 first says: "the earthquake killed 30,000 people" This means exactly the same thing as: "the earthquake killed 30,000 persons" But then the subdefinitions switch to a different meaning, which is "citizens", leaving the main meaning "persons" unclear. I wouldnt use the dicitionary that you cite, whichever one it is. [/QUOTE]

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