Main entry: folk, folk music, ethnic music
Definition: the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
Main entry: folk, folks, common people
Definition: people in general (often used in the plural)
Usage: 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
Main entry: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept
Definition: people descended from a common ancestor
Usage: his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
Definition: a social division of (usually preliterate) people