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folk

/ folk /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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"
Type of:
people
Kinds of:
grass roots home folks rabble riffraff ragtag
noun Sense 2
a social division of (usually preliterate) people
Type of:
social group
Kinds of:
phyle
noun Sense 3
the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
Type of:
popular music popular music genre
Kinds of:
folk song folksong folk ballad schottische country music
noun Sense 4
people descended from a common ancestor
"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
Type of:
lineage line line of descent
Kinds of:
people homefolk house dynasty name
Semantic Complexity
72%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
23
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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Related Words

people grass roots home folks rabble riffraff ragtag social group phyle popular music popular music genre folk song folksong