folk

About 17.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
2. noun People, persons.

   There were a lot of folk in the streets.

3. noun One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.

   I need to call my folks back home.

4. noun Ellipsis of folk music.
5. adjective Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
6. adjective Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
7. adjective Of or related to local building materials and styles.
8. adjective Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically or ideologically correct or rigorous.

   folk psychology; folk linguistics

Similar words

tribe phratry sept country family kinfolk kinsfolk hillbilly folk music ethnic music

Often followed by

music songs art and tales song of who culture

Word family

folks