folk (n)
folks#1 (n)
common people (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 14
def people in general (often used in the plural)
examples 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
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Hypernym people
Derivationally related form folks → folksy
Hyponym country people, countryfolk; gentlefolk; grass roots; home folk; rabble, riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail
Member meronym plebeian, pleb
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Derivationally related form folksy → folks
Hyponym people
Hypernym country people, countryfolk; gentlefolk; grass roots; home folk; rabble, riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail
Member holonym plebeian, pleb

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