folk, n.
(folks)
freq. cnt. 16
(folks)
freq. cnt. 16
people in general (often used in the plural)
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 14
common people folk folks
sample sentences
"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"
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derivationally related form
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hyponym
country people, countryfolk
gentlefolk
grass roots
home folk
rabble, riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail
member meronym
people descended from a common ancestor
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
family family line folk kinfolk kinsfolk phratry sept
sample sentences
"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
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hyponym
a social division of (usually preliterate) people
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
folk tribe
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derivationally related form
the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
ethnic music folk folk music
semantic pointers
hyponym
folk song, folksong, folk ballad
schottische
country music, country and western, C and W
gospel, gospel singing
square-dance music
hypernym