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English noun: folk | |||
| 1. | folk (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, folks | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | people | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | country people, countryfolk, gentlefolk, grass roots, home folk, rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff | ||
| Member holonym | pleb, plebeian | ||
| 2. | folk (group) a social division of (usually preliterate) people | ||
| Synonyms | tribe | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | social group | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | phyle | ||
| Member holonym | moiety | ||
| 3. | folk (group) people descended from a common ancestor | ||
| Samples | His family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower. | ||
| Synonyms | family, family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dynasty, gens, homefolk, house, name, people | ||
| 4. | folk (communication) the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community | ||
| Synonyms | ethnic music, folk music | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | popular music, popular music genre | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | C and W, country and western, country music, folk ballad, folk song, folksong, gospel, gospel singing, schottische, square-dance music | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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