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

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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

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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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