FOLK

/fəʊk/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 12

Definition

  1. noun people in general (often used in the plural). — synonyms: folks, common_people
  2. noun a social division of (usually preliterate) people. — synonyms: tribe
  3. noun people descended from a common ancestor. — synonyms: family, family_line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
  4. noun the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community. — synonyms: folk_music, ethnic_music

Examples

  • “Young folk, old folk, everybody come, / To our little Sunday School and have a lot of fun.”
  • “folk psychology; folk linguistics”

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