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English noun: folks | |||
| 1. | folks (group) your parents | ||
| Samples | He wrote to his folks every day. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe | ||
| Domain usage | plural, plural form | ||
| 2. | folks (group) people in general (often used in the plural) | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | common people, folk | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | people | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | country people, countryfolk, gentlefolk, grass roots, home folk, rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff | ||
| Member holonym | pleb, plebeian | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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