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Folks

In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe.

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Clan 76% connected

A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan…

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kin 76% connected

A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.

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Kindred 76% connected

Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.

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People 76% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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Tribe 76% connected

A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, desc…

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Gentlefolk 76% connected

Alt. of Gentlefolks

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Rabble 76% connected

An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling.

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Riffraff 76% connected

Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.

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Plebeian 70% connected

Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.

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Folk 92% connected

Alt. of Folks

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