folk
1. people in general (often used in the plural) (Freq. 14)
- 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:
folks, common people
• Derivationally related forms:
folksy (for: folks)
• Hypernyms:
people
• Hyponyms:
country people, countryfolk, gentlefolk, grass roots, home folk,
rabble, riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail
• Member Meronyms:
plebeian, pleb
2. a social division of (usually preliterate) people (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
tribe
• Derivationally related forms:
tribal (for: tribe)
• Hypernyms:
social group
• Hyponyms:
phyle
• Member Meronyms:
moiety
3. people descended from a common ancestor (Freq. 1)
- his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
• Syn:
family, family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
• Hypernyms:
lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline,
blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage,
stemma, stock
• Hyponyms:
people, homefolk, house, dynasty, name, gens
4. the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
• Syn:
folk music, ethnic music
• Hypernyms:
popular music, popular music genre
• Hyponyms:
folk song, folksong, folk ballad, schottische, country music,
country and western, C and W, gospel, gospel singing, square-dance music
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