informal
(also folks) (treated as pl) people; people in general
Some folk want their luck buttered — Hardy
(also folks) (treated as pl) a specified kind or class of people
old folk
(also folks) (treated as pl) the members of one's own family or community
(in pl) used when addressing a group of people: everyone
= folk music
(treated as pl) the common people, those who determine the character of a nation or people and preserve its traditions, arts and crafts, legends, etc from generation to generation
(used before a noun) relating to or originating from denoting the common people who preserve the ancient traditions and culture of a nation or the study of the common people
(used before a noun) originating from or traditional with the common people
folk medicine
archaic (treated as pl) a group of related tribes