folk meaning
EN[fəʊk] [fɑɫk] [-əʊk] [foʊk]US
WFolk
- Folk or Folks may refer to:
- A generic term for people or nation
- Folk culture
- Folk art
- Folk music
- Folk metal
- Folk punk
- Folk rock
- Folk dance
- Folk religion
- Folk taxonomy
- a surname
- Elizabeth Folk (c. 16th century), British martyr; one of the Colchester Martyrs
- Joseph W. Folk (1869–1923), American lawyer, reformer, and politician
- Bill Folk (born 1927), Canadian ice hockey player
- Robert Folk (born 1949), American film composer
- Rick Folk (born 1950), Canadian curler
- Chad Folk (born 1972), Canadian football player
- Eugene R. Folk (died 2003), American ophthalmologist
- NounPLfolks
- (archaic) A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation.
- The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
- (plural only, plural: folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
- (music) Folk music.
- (plural only) People in general.
- Young folk, old folk, everybody come, / To our little Sunday School and have a lot of fun.
- (plural only) A particular group of people.
- (archaic) A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation.
- Adjective
- Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
- Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
- (architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
- Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous.
- folk psychology; folk linguistics
- Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- "But since they commenced to turning folks away, off dry-handed, giving them nothing while folks were getting hungry, well then the federal government fixed the welfare.
- Though natural gas prices dropped, the folks doing solar didn't get with the program.
- He's here with some of his folks az hez got inter trouble--I'm forgettin' to tell ye.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Folks in our neighborhood come from every walk of life, prince and pauper, investor and janitor.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of folk in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary