folk
people in general (often used in the plural)
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,887 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,488 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- people in general (often used in the plural) also: folks, common people they're just country folkfolks around here drink moonshine
- a social division of (usually preliterate) people also: tribe
- people descended from a common ancestor also: family, family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
- the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community also: folk music, ethnic music
folk in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Still more scythes and pitchforks, the contingents of country folk are still passing.
The Fortune of the Rougons · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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Then suddenly appeared a company of about six hundred folk of every age and English in their looks.
The Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream Story · H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard · Chapter 2
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He is named Mr. G. Laurence Gomme, and he is president of a learned body called the Folk Lore Society.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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There were other Persians beyond him, for I caught the word poul--money, the perennial song and shibboleth of that folk.
The Eye of Zeitoon · Talbot Mundy · Chapter 1
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The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
The Countess of Saint Geran Celebrated Crimes · Alexandre Dumas · Chapter 1