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folk

English

  1. 🔊 people in general (often used in the plural)
    “they're just country folk”
  2. 🔊 a social division of (usually preliterate) people
  3. 🔊 the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
  4. 🔊 people descended from a common ancestor
    “his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower”

Similar words

folk music ethnic music folks common people family family line kinfolk kinsfolk sept phratry tribe everyman john doe public acknowledged admitted animal kingdom blood body politic breed brood citizenry clan class