folk

Noun

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

• people descended from a common ancestor
  • his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
    

• a social division of (usually preliterate) people

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  folk music , ethnic music , family , family line , kinfolk , kinsfolk , sept , phratry , tribe , folks , common people