folk

IPA: fˈoʊk

(archaic) A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation.
The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
(plural only) People in general.
(plural only) A particular group of people.
(plural only, plural: folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
A surname.
(music) Short for folk music. [Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.]

Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
(architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous.

Examples of "folk" in Sentences

The folks abandoned the area.
It raises hackles of some folks.
Folk music can transcend cultures.
A popular folk dance is the Quadrille.
Are abstinent folks special in some way
The folks are gathered around the church.
The government is not necessarily the folk.
Occupation of the most of the folks is Farmers.
Q: The term folk hero has been thrown around a bit.
Agriculture is the major source of income of the folks.
It comes at the end of the film and not at the start folks.
At this point, what does the term "folk music" really mean?
The term folk etymology covers suggestions of the theos-deus
The masses operate on the basis of what I call folk beliefs.
Nevertheless, that Burns could forswear his encounters with the folk is as likely as that Tam could swear off drink or cutty-sarks.
We use the term folk varieties in support of the efforts of Third World countries and the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to have these varieties recognized as a part of the
He seems genuinely surprised by this, and he offers three examples of what he calls "folk wisdom" about the crisis that lack, he notes, empirical evidence: that investors were led astray by devotion to the efficient-market hypothesis, particularly on real estate; that Wall Street pay focused on short-term trading profits rather than long-term incentives; and that investment banks boosted their leverage in the years leading up to the crisis.