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Folk

Folk Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Folk? [n] the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community [n] 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" [n] people descended from a common ancestor; "his family had lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [n] a social division of (usually preliterate) people Synonyms \| Synonyms for Folk: common people \| ethnic music \| family \| family line \| folk music \| kinfolk \| kinsfolk \| phratry \| sept \| tribe Related Terms \| Find terms related to Folk: acknowledged \| admitted \| animal kingdom \| blood \| body politic \| breed \| brood \| citizenry \| clan \| class \| common man \| commonwealth \| community \| community at large \| constituency \| conventional \| cultural community \| customary \| deme \| dwellers \| established \| estate \| ethnic group \| everybody \| Everyman \| everyone \| everywoman \| family \| fixed \| folks \| general public \| gens \| gentry \| habitancy \| hallowed \| handed down \| heroic \| hoary \| house \| household \| immemorial \| inhabitants \| inveterate \| John Doe \| kind \| kindred \| legendary \| line \| lineage \| linguistic community \| long-established \| long-standing \| matriclan \| men \| menage \| mythological \| nation \| nationality \| of long standing \| of the folk \| oral \| order \| patriclan \| people \| people at large \| people in general \| persons \| phratry \| phyle \| plant kingdom \| polity \| populace \| population \| prescriptive \| Public \| race \| received \| recognized \| rooted \| sept \| society \| species \| speech community \| state \| stem \| stirps \| stock \| strain \| time-honored \| totem \| traditional \| tribe \| tried and true \| true-blue \| understood \| unwritten \| venerable \| whole people \| world \| worshipful \| you and me See Also \| ancestry \| blood \| blood line \| bloodline \| C and W \| country and western \| country music \| descent \| dynasty \| folk ballad \| folk song \| gens \| gospel \| gospel singing \| grass roots \| home folks \| homefolk \| house \| line \| line of descent \| lineage \| moiety \| name \| origin \| parentage \| pedigree \| people \| phyle \| pleb \| plebeian \| popular music \| popular music genre \| rabble \| ragtag \| ragtag and bobtail \| riffraff \| schottische \| social group \| square-dance music \| stock Folk In Webster's Dictionary \Folk\ (f[=o]k), Folks \Folks\ (f[=o]ks), n. collect. & pl. [AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel. f[=o]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E. follow.] 1. (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.] 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. [Colloq.] 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. [Colloq. New Eng.] --Bartlett. {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.

Folk Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Folk?

[n] the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
[n] 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"
[n] people descended from a common ancestor; "his family had lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
[n] a social division of (usually preliterate) people

Folk In Webster's Dictionary

\Folk\ (f[=o]k), Folks \Folks\ (f[=o]ks), n. collect. & pl.
[AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel.
f[=o]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E.
follow.]
1. (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group
   of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.]

         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.
   [Colloq.]

         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. [Colloq. New Eng.] --Bartlett.

{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.

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