Noun
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the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
- folk music - ethnic music -
people descended from a common ancestor
"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
- family line -
a social division of (usually preliterate) people
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people in general (often used in the plural)
"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"
- common people