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The plural everyone claims to love and no one wants at their party.

means Human beings considered collectively, or the members of a particular group, nation, or community.

from From Latin populus (a populace), through Old French peuple, arriving in English around the 13th century as the catch-all word for everyone who isn't you.

Grammar oddityPlural of person, but persons also survives in legalese.
Double dutyMeans humanity broadly and a specific nation singularly.
Political weaponWe the People opens America's most quoted sentence.
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