Definitions for folks
folks

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. folksnoun

   your parents

   "he wrote to his folks every day"

2. 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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. folksnoun

   The members of one's household; especially one's parents and immediate family.

   My folks visit us at Christmas.

2. folksnoun

   People in general; everybody or anybody.

   Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Folks

   in Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe

2. 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

3. Folks

   the persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well

4. 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 RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Matched Categories

1. • Kin

How to pronounce folks?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say folks in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of folks in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of folks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of folks in a Sentence

1. Gregory Meeks:

   Black folks are not dumb. They come out for individuals that have their best interest at heart.

2. Andy Beshear:

   Folks, we shouldn't have to do this, i think it's not a test of faith whether you're going to an in-person service -- it's a test of faith that you're willing to sacrifice to protect your fellow man, your fellow woman, your fellow Kentuckian and your fellow American.

3. Joe Biden:

   Folks, you are all part of the movement... A movement that is going to defeat Donald Trump and restore this nation.

4. National Guard:

   The [National] Guard is 90 some-odd percent male,and only about 20 percent of white males voted for Biden, you've got to figure that in the Guard, which is predominantly more conservative… they'reprobably not more than 25 percentof the people there protecting us that voted for Biden. The other 75 percent are in the large class of folks that might want to do something.

5. Jim Starlin:

   Looking back, it's embarrassing, shang-Chi was a creation at a time when not only was there a limited outlook among a lot of folks as far as what the world was about, but we were very limited in what could be done technologically.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=folks
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Folks
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folks
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html