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Definition of folks : 1. In Anglo- Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe.
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.
3. The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well.

Synonyms:

phratry, sept, common people, family, kinfolk, ethnic music, kinsfolk, folk music, family line, kin, folk, parents, relations, tribe

Usage examples:

• He had an easy explanation for it, and spoke of it very lightly, remarking that all he had to do was to think of himself first " an' de white folks nex'." - "A Little Union Scout", Joel Chandler Harris.
• He came to let folks know he was gone. - "Fated to Be Free", Jean Ingelow.
• " Well, now I'll go home to the folks," I said, " and see if they will forgive me." - "Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi", George H. Devol.