folk

Definitions of folk in various dictionaries:

noun - people in general (often used in the plural)

noun - a social division of (usually preliterate) people

noun - people descended from a common ancestor

noun - the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community

The common people of a society or region considered as the representatives of a traditional way of life and especially as the originators or carriers of the customs, beliefs, and arts that make up a distinctive culture: a leader who came from the folk.

A nation; a people.

Often folks.

The members of one’s family or childhood household; one’s relatives.

Of, occurring in, or originating among the common people: folk culture; a folk hero.

noun - a people or tribe