English

Noun

little person ‎(plural little people or little persons)

1. (politically correct) A person with dwarfism, or short stature resulting from a medical condition.
   • 2012, Vera Chouinard, Edward Hall, Robert Wilton, Towards Enabling Geographies, page 188:

     Here, the amount of personal space that is acknowledged for a little person is similar to that of a child.

2. (fantasy) A small magical humanoid creature, such as an elf, leprechaun, or fairy.
   • 1961, Muriel Saint Clare Byrne, Elizabethan Life in Town and Country, page 285:

     His nurse had told him all about changelings, and how the little people would always try to steal a beautiful human child out of its cradle and put in its stead one of their own ailing, puking brats […]

3. Used other than as an idiom: see little,‎ person.

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See also

• Little People of America
• Little People of Canada