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Meaning of landfolk | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈlandˌfəʊk/

Definitions

The inhabitants of a region, especially if native.

literary, uncommon, uncountable

Examples

“[…]and I should be happy to know that my homely strains might have at all refined it among the landfolk of my own county, or any other[…]”
“When the landfolk of Galway converse with a stranger, / softly the men speak, more softly the women, / light words on their lips, and an accent that sings.”
“The landfolk of the region had that day brought to the revolutionary court of judgment a young man of handsome and frank countenance.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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