good people noun2 •(slang) A good person."Oh no, I don't mean him," said Bert, "he's good people. He's on our side, not the system's." — 1993 •[plural only] Synonym of good folk (“magical humanoid creatures”).But when she desired an old riven oak to be cut down an oak in which the good people (fairies) loved to assemble — because it impeded some favourite view, the poor old woman almost went mad, […] — 1856