"gens" meaning in French

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        {
          "word": "gens de peu"
        },
        {
          "word": "gens de voyage"
        },
        {
          "word": "petites gens"
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        {
          "english": "Those people have always been kind to me.",
          "text": "Ces gens-là ont toujours été sympas avec moi.",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "(literally, “I don't like people who take themselves for the navel of the world.”)",
          "roman": "I don't like people who think the world revolves around them.",
          "text": "Je n’aime pas les gens qui se prennent pour le nombril du monde.",
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        },
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          "english": "What do you like, what do you like? I don't know; it depends. I quite like honest people.",
          "ref": "2018, Zaz, J'aime, j'aime",
          "text": "Qu’est-ce que t’aimes, qu’est-ce que t’aimes ? Je sais pas, moi, ça dépend. J’aime plutôt les gens honnêtes.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "set of people"
      ],
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          "people",
          "people"
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          "word": "gent"
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          "word": "peuple"
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      "homophone": "gent"
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      "homophone": "jan"
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      "homophone": "jans"
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      "homophone": "Jean"
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      "word": "gens de peu"
    },
    {
      "word": "gens de voyage"
    },
    {
      "word": "petites gens"
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          "english": "(literally, “I don't like people who take themselves for the navel of the world.”)",
          "roman": "I don't like people who think the world revolves around them.",
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          "english": "What do you like, what do you like? I don't know; it depends. I quite like honest people.",
          "ref": "2018, Zaz, J'aime, j'aime",
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