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ALL meanings of folks

folk
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  • noun folks Plural form of folk. 1
  • noun folks Usually, folks. (used with a plural verb) people in general: Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer. 1
  • noun folks Often, folks. (used with a plural verb) people of a specified class or group: country folk; poor folks. 1
  • noun folks (used with a plural verb) people as the carriers of culture, especially as representing the composite of social mores, customs, forms of behavior, etc., in a society: The folk are the bearers of oral tradition. 1
  • noun folks folks, Informal. members of one's family; one's relatives: All his folks come from France. one's parents: Will your folks let you go? 1
  • noun folks Archaic. a people or tribe. 1
  • adjective folks of or originating among the common people: folk beliefs; a folk hero. 1
  • adjective folks having unknown origins and reflecting the traditional forms of a society: folk culture; folk art. 1
  • idioms folks just folks, Informal. (of persons) simple, unaffected, unsophisticated, or open-hearted people: He enjoyed visiting his grandparents because they were just folks. 1
  • noun folks The members of one's household; especially one's parents and immediate family. 0
  • noun folks (US) People in general; everybody or anybody. 0
  • noun folks plural of folk. 0
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