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FOLKS
folk, folks, common people
(noun) people in general (often used in the plural); “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”
folks
(noun) your parents; “he wrote to his folks every day”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
folks
The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents
(US) People in general; everybody or anybody.
(US, slang, rare, southern Louisiana) The police.
plural of folk
Etymology 2
Noun
folks pl (plural only)
(California) Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States.
Proper noun
Folks
A surname.
Proper noun
Folks
plural of Folk
Source: Wiktionary
Folk, Folks, n. collect. & pl. Etym: [AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel. f, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E. follow.]
1. (Eng. Hist.)
Definition: 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.
FOLK
Folk, Folks, n. collect. & pl. Etym: [AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel. f, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E. follow.]
1. (Eng. Hist.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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