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folks
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Princeton's WordNet
folksnoun
your parents
"he wrote to his folks every day"
folk, folks, common peoplenoun
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"
Wiktionary
folksnoun
The members of one's household; especially one's parents and immediate family.
My folks visit us at Christmas.
folksnoun
People in general; everybody or anybody.
Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.
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folks
Folks is a plural noun that is used to refer to people or individuals in a casual, friendly and inclusive manner. It is often used to address a group of people or to talk about a group of individuals in a collective sense.
Webster Dictionary
Folks
in Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe
Folks
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
Folks
the persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well
Etymology: [AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel. flk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E. follow.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
FOLKS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Folks is ranked #12861 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Folks surname appeared 2,394 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Folks.
59.6% or 1,429 total occurrences were White.
30.7% or 737 total occurrences were Black.
6.1% or 147 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.8% or 68 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Folks in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Folks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Folks in a Sentence
I'll take that bet any time, i do my own taxes. I'm California Democratic Rep. Katie Porter. I serve with a number of really bright people, folks who have owned small businesses, folks who have been venture capitalists.
We want to house folks in need in comfort and dignity, and we can do that — but we also need to provide services.
We need that here in this community. And I'm so thankful for the folks that are supporting you up here on this rooftop, so we can make that a reality.
They actively put folks in this situation where they would have to fight and they know the culture of prison is that you have to fight.
I am heartbroken to hear somebody to talk like that about people who are working their tails off every day, quite literally putting food on his table, for him to place the blame on my constituents versus the employers who knew for weeks what was going on and yet did not take the proper precautions to protect the folks who show up there every day, work hard every single day, it is unfathomable to me and again shows the disconnect between this administration and what is really happening on the ground.
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