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Folks

{

Folk

(fōk)
,

Folks

(fōks)
}
,
Noun.
coll
ect.
&
pl.
[AS.
folc
; akin to D.
volk
, OS. & OHG.
folk
, G.
volk
, Icel.
fōlk
, 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.
Shakespeare
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.

Definition 2024

folks

folks

English

Noun

folks

  1. plural of folk
  2. The members of one's household; especially one's parents and immediate family.
    My folks visit us at Christmas.
  3. (US) People in general; everybody or anybody.
    Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.

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Danish

Noun

folks n

  1. genitive singular indefinite of folk
  2. genitive plural indefinite of folk

Noun

folks c

  1. genitive singular indefinite of folk

Scots

Noun

folks

  1. plural of folk

Swedish

Noun

folks

  1. indefinite genitive plural of folk
  2. indefinite genitive singular of folk

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