little people

1 of 2

plural of little person

little people

2 of 2

plural noun

1

: tiny imaginary beings (such as fairies, elves, and leprechauns) of folklore

2

: children

3

: common people

Examples of little people in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Plural noun

As an extra challenge for Wheat, the extended (and hair-raisingly hilarious) sequence of a horde of children running through glass doors and breaking down wooden fences was accomplished by 17 little people, meaning the hairstylist had to match each stunt double’s hair to a child actor’s. —Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025

Will you little people be able to buy and sell land to one another? —Joseph Gordon-Levitt, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025

The prevalence of fractional shares and the automation of financial advice mean that little people can now get in on the action, with as little $5,000. —William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025

Still, viewed another way, New York is simply being itself: out to shaft the big guy (Edward Beckett) and ease the hardship on one of its little people (Matthew Lim). —Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Plural Noun

1699, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Rhymes for little people

• craftspeople
• laypeople
• salespeople
• townspeople
• tradespeople
• workpeople
• businesspeople
• steeple