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| 1. | [ noun ] people in general | |
| Synonyms: | common_people | |
| Examples: | "they're just country folk" "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next" |
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| Related terms: | people home_folks grass_roots rabble plebeian | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (sociology) a social division of (usually preliterate) people | |
| Synonyms: | tribe | |
| Related terms: | social_group phyle moiety | |
| 3. | [ noun ] people descended from a common ancestor | |
| Synonyms: | family sept kinsfolk kinfolk phratry family_line | |
| Examples: | "his family had lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" |
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| Related terms: | lineage house name people dynasty homefolk | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (of music) characteristic of rural life | |
| Synonyms: | hillbilly western country | |
| Related terms: | nonclassical | |
| 5. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4855 | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (music,fine art) the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community | |
| Synonyms: | folk_music ethnic_music | |
| Related terms: | music popular_music polka gospel schottische square-dance_music country_music folk_song | |
| Similar spelling: |
Foulk folks Foulks Foulke folksy Fowles Follis foolish follies Folz |
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