folk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: folk	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for folk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
folk n people in general (often used in the plural); "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" Synonym(s): folk, folks, common people a social division of (usually preliterate) people Synonym(s): tribe, folk people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" Synonym(s): family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community Synonym(s): folk music, ethnic music, folk
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Folk \Folk\ (f[omac]k), Folks \Folks\ (f[omac]ks), n. collect. & pl. [AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel. f[omac]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E. follow.] 1. (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.] The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war. --J. R. Green. 2. People in general, or a separate class of people; -- generally used in the plural form, and often with a qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks. [Colloq.] In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales. --Shak. 3. The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well. [Colloq. New Eng.] --Bartlett. {Folk song}, one of a class of songs long popular with the common people. {Folk speech}, the speech of the common people, as distinguished from that of the educated class.