Folk

n. collect	1.	(Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. 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. In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales. - Shak.
	3.	The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well. 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.

Noun	1.	folk - people in general; "they're just country folk"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next" Synonyms: common people
	2.	folk - a social division of (usually preliterate) people Synonyms: tribe
	3.	folk - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" Synonyms: family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, family
	4.	folk - the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community Synonyms: ethnic music, folk music

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