With plural agreement. Persons of low or inferior rank or position, or of little ability or attainment. Chiefly in great and small (see great, n.…

With plural agreement. People of low or humble birth or social status, as a class. Chiefly with the. Now somewhat archaic.

People of low social class or position; disreputable or undesirable people; members of the rabble considered collectively.

People of low rank or importance, as a class. Also occasionally as a count noun: a person of low rank or status; an unimportant person.

People of little wealth or status; the poor; ordinary or undistinguished people; = little people, n. 2.

People of little wealth or status; the poor; ordinary or undistinguished people. Cf. little man, n. 4a.

With plural agreement. Frequently with the. Lowlife people (see sense B. 1) as a class.