Sekirov Dictionary

folk

UK /fəʊk/US /foʊk/

noun 4
adjective 4
forms 1
phrases 1

noun4

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people
- There were a lot of folk in the streets.
- Young folk, old folk, everybody come / To our little Sunday School, and have a lot of fun.
•
One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
- I need to call my folks back home.
Ellipsis of folk music.
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(no longer used) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
- The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war. — 1878

adjective4

Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
Of or related to local building materials and styles.
Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically or ideologically correct or rigorous.
Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.

forms

folks

Phrases with folk

folk devil
A person or type of person blamed by the public for various ills, as during a moral panic.

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