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Folk - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Folk : (noun)
1: people in general; "they're just country folk"; "the common
people determine the group character and preserve its
customs from one generation to the next" [syn: common
people]
2: a social division of (usually preliterate) people [syn: tribe]
3: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has
lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family,
family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry]
4: the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an
expression of the life of people in a community [syn: folk
music, ethnic music]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Folk : \Folk\ (f[=o]k), Folks \Folks\ (f[=o]ks), n. collect. & pl.
[AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel.
f[=o]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E.
follow.]
1. (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the 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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Folk |
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R_E_A_L_1: @Rootsology lmao well work that out....I had to block some Folk cause they don't know what it is to love their own race |
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DaveFlyer: Gullible twitter Folk........majority of u are |
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