English dictionary
folk
nounPronunciation
fəʊk
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
noun
- people in general (often used in the plural)
noun
- people descended from a common ancestor
noun
- a social division of (usually preliterate) people
Example sentences
they're just country folk
folks around here drink moonshine
the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next
his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower