Thesaurus: folk

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1. n. collect. & pl. Alt. of Folks
2. n. people in general (often used in the plural)
3. n. a social division of (usually preliterate) people
4. n. people descended from a common ancestor
5. n. the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
6. 1. (Eng. Hist.) In class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/anglo-saxon">Anglo-Saxon times, the class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/people">people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.] The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war. J. R. Green. 2. People in general, or a separate class of people; -- generally used in the plural form, and often with a qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks. [Colloq.] In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales. Shak. 3. The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well. [Colloq. New Eng.] Bartlett. Folk song, one of a class of songs long popular with the common people. -- Folk speech, the speech of the common people, as distinguished from that of the educated class.
7. n:100 n. people in general (often used in the plural)