A small person shaped figure used as a players token in a board game. Presumably derived from me and people. In the board game Carcasonne the meeples are wooden and distinguished by colour
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() Blend of my and people. Coined in November of 2000 by Alison Hansel during a game of Carcassonne when she fused "my" and "people" to describe the wooden figures each player uses in that game.