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Meaning of folks

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

folks

Pronunciation:/fəʊks//foʊks/

noun

Definitions

  1. A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation.

  2. The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.

  3. (plural: folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.

  4. Folk music.

noun

Definitions

  1. The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents

    Example: My folks visit us at Christmas.

  2. People in general; everybody or anybody.

    Example: Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.

  3. The police.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/folkhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/folks

folks

Pronunciation:/fəʊks//foʊks/

noun

Definitions

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

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/folks

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