small men—
1. men who are not tall:
- Monty had all that cock-sparrowish pluck which small men are wont to possess.
2. craftsmen or tradesmen doing business on a small scale:
- The small men must have been very badly hit in the last eighteen months and … some of the stronger are quietly buying them up.
3. morally mean, ungenerous people:
- Only small men fear the power of words, says Beaumarchais, a phrase to which the King takes exception.
small people—
1. a race of people who are not tall:
- The name of this culture has been derived from a Kikuyu term which is applied to a semi-mythical race of small people.
2. = small men 1:
- Small people are even taught to practice their [selfdefense] drills standing directly in front of opponents who are often much larger.
3. said of children:
- There was a garden that certain small people might play in when they came.
4. the fairies:
- The Small People are believed by some to be the spirits of people who inhabited Cornwall many thousands of years ago.