folks

folk  (fk)

n. pl. folk or folks

1.

a. The common people of a society or region considered as the representatives of a traditional way of life and especially as the originators or carriers of the customs, beliefs, and arts that make up a distinctive culture: a leader who came from the folk.

b. Archaic A nation; a people.

2. Informal People in general. Often used in the plural: Folks around here are very friendly.

3. People of a specified group or kind. Often used in the plural: city folks; rich folk.

4. folks Informal

a. The members of one's family or childhood household; one's relatives.

b. One's parents: My folks are coming for a visit.

adj.

Of, occurring in, or originating among the common people: folk culture; a folk hero.

Idiom:

just folks Informal

Down-to-earth, open-hearted.

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[Middle English, from Old English folc; see pel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	folks - your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one kin group, kindred, kinship group, clan, kin, tribe - group of people related by blood or marriage
	2.	folks - 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" common people, folk people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" country people, countryfolk - people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics gentlefolk - people of good family and breeding and high social status grass roots - the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity) home folk - folks from your own home town ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rabble - disparaging terms for the common people pleb, plebeian - one of the common people