1. (n.) A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.

2. (n.) The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own.

3. (n.) Family; lineage.

4. (n.) One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.

5. (n.) One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity.

6. (n.) A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs.

Everyman John Doe Public ally animal kingdom archduchy archdukedom blood body politic breed brood buffer state captive nation chieftaincy chieftainry citizenry city-state clan class colony common man commonweal commonwealth community community at large constituency country county cultural community culture deme domain dominion duchy dukedom dwellers earldom empery empire estate ethnic group everybody everyman everyone everywoman family folk folks free city general public gens gentry grand duchy habitancy house inhabitants kind kingdom land line lineage linguistic community mandant mandate mandated territory mandatee mandatory matriclan men nationality order patriclan people people at large people in general persons phratry phyle plant kingdom polis polity populace population possession power principality principate protectorate province public puppet government puppet regime race realm republic satellite seneschalty sept settlement society sovereign nation species speech community state stem stirps stock strain sultanate superpower territory toparchia toparchy totem tribe whole people world you and me