1
: tiny imaginary beings (such as fairies, elves, and leprechauns) of folklore
2
: children
3
: common people
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James Mercadante, EW.com, 5 June 2025
Questions about whether making a movie in which little people are treated like retrograde caricatures was a cool thing to do in this day and age.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
Filmmaker and director Julie Wyman went into creating her newest documentary, The Tallest Dwarf, with the ambition of telling the stories of little people in a totally different way.
—Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Some appear simply abstract, others have funny little people doodled here and there, many are filled with big, bulbous shapes.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Plural noun
In director Terry Gilliam's first film in his Trilogy of Imagination, Ralph Richardson plays a Supreme Being who employs little people to fix holes in the space-time continuum.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 5 June 2025
Questions about whether making a movie in which little people are treated like retrograde caricatures was a cool thing to do in this day and age.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
Filmmaker and director Julie Wyman went into creating her newest documentary, The Tallest Dwarf, with the ambition of telling the stories of little people in a totally different way.
—Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Some appear simply abstract, others have funny little people doodled here and there, many are filled with big, bulbous shapes.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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“Little people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20people. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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