Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history. / Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.

(archaic) A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation. / The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants. / (plural only, plural: folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.

A surname.

The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents / (US) People in general; everybody or anybody. / (US, slang, rare, southern Louisiana) The police.

plural of folk

(California) Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States.

A surname.

plural of Folk

A misunderstanding of the etymology of a word based on an inexpert analysis; an etymology that incorrectly explains the origin of a word based on the inadequate judgement of a common speaker of the language instead of etymological expertise.

Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.