Meaning of Folk | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
   archaic, countable
3. People, persons.
   collective, countable, plural, uncountable
4. One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
   collective, countable, plural, uncountable, usually
5. Ellipsis of folk music.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war.”

“We thus arrive at a most unexpected imbroglio. The French have become a Germanic folk and the Germanic folk have become Gaulish!”

“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.”

““[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes[…]. And then, when you see [the senders], you probably find that they are the most melancholy old folk with malignant diseases. […]””

“I need to call my folks back home.”

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