folk

Nouns

• (n) people in general (often used in the plural)
  • they're just country folk
  • folks around here drink moonshine
  • the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next
  common people, folks,
• (n) a social division of (usually preliterate) people tribe,
• (n) people descended from a common ancestor
  • his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
  family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, family,
• (n) the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community ethnic music, folk music,

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