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Folk — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • folk adj Belonging to or originating from ordinary people, their traditions, and their culture, rather than experts or elites.

Senses

Folk is used for these senses in English:

  • folk (countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.

folk — full definition

  1. adj Belonging to or originating from ordinary people, their traditions, and their culture, rather than experts or elites.
  2. noun A genre of traditional or traditionally-styled music, often acoustic and rooted in a particular culture.

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