Folks
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folk
/foʊk/ Show Spelled[fohk] Show IPA
–noun
1.
Usually, folks. ( used with a plural verb ) people in general: Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.
2.
Often, folks. ( used with a plural verb ) people of a specified class or group: country folk; poor folks.
3.
( used with a plural verb ) people as the carriers of culture, esp. as representing the composite of social mores, customs, forms of behavior, etc., in a society: The folk are the bearers of oral tradition.
4.
folks, Informal .
a.
members of one's family; one's relatives: All his folks come from France.
b.
one's parents: Will your folks let you go?
5.
Archaic . a people or tribe.
–adjective
6.
of or originating among the common people: folk beliefs; a folk hero.
7.
having unknown origins and reflecting the traditional forms of a society: folk culture; folk art.
—Idiom
8.
just folks, Informal . (of persons) simple, unaffected, unsophisticated, or open-hearted people: He enjoyed visiting his grandparents because they were just folks.
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Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE folc; c. OS, ON folk, OHG folk (G Volk )—Synonyms
4. kinfolk, kin, relations, people; clan, tribe.