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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
folk
    n 1: people in general (often used in the plural); "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" [syn: folk,
         folks, common people]
    2: a social division of (usually preliterate) people [syn:
       tribe, folk]
    3: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has
       lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family,
       family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept,
       phratry]
    4: the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an
       expression of the life of people in a community [syn: folk
       music, ethnic music, folk]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Folk \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.]
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            The organization of each folk, as such, sprang
            mainly from war.                      --J. R. Green.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.]
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            In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire
            With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales.
                                                  --Shak.
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   3. The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all
      well. [Colloq. New Eng.] --Bartlett.
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   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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