folk

Noun
  1. People in general (often used in the plural) (synset 107963841)
    "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"
    is a type of: people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
    subtypes:
    member holonym: pleb, plebeian - one of the common people
    same as: common people, folks
  2. A social division of (usually preliterate) people (synset 108389338)
    is a type of: social group - people sharing some social relation
    subtypes: phyle - a tribe of ancient Athenians
    member holonym: moiety - one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe
    same as: tribe
  3. People descended from a common ancestor (synset 107987168)
    "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
    is a type of: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock - the descendants of one individual
    subtypes:
    • people - members of a family line
    • homefolk - the people of your home locality (especially your own family)
    • house - aristocratic family line
    • dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
    • gens, name - family based on male descent
    same as: family, family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept
  4. The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community (synset 107074207)
    is a type of: popular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
    subtypes:
    • folk ballad, folk song, folksong - a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
    • schottische - music performed for dancing the schottische
    • c and w, country and western, country music - a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
    • gospel, gospel singing - folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)
    • square-dance music - music performed for square dancing
    same as: ethnic music, folk music

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