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Definition of: folk

(fōk) noun plural folk or folks
1. A people; nation; race.
2. Usually plural People of a particular group or class: old folks; poor folks; town folk.
3. plural Colloq. People in general: Folks say; folks disagree.
4. plural Colloq. One's family or relatives.
adjective Originating among or characteristic of the common people of a district or country.
[OE folc]

Folk, in the adjectival use, may appear as the first element in two–word phrases; as in:

folk airfolk faithfolk song
folk artfolk lifefolk speech
folk belieffolk literaturefolk story
folk customfolk musicfolk tale
folk dancefolk namefolk tune

Most often used phrases:

folk music
folk songs
folk song
folk singer
folk rock
folk festival
folk art
american folk
folk dance
traditional folk
folk tales
folk musician
english folk
folk band
folk metal

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Statistical data

"folk" has the frequency of use of 0.0028% on city-data.com forum

"folk" has the frequency of use of 0.0039% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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