What is the meaning of folks?

noun

• 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"
  • synonyms: folk, common people
• A social division of (usually preliterate) people.
  • synonyms: tribe, folk
• People descended from a common ancestor.
  • usage: "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
  • synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
• The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community.
  • synonyms: folk music, ethnic music, folk
• Your parents.
  • usage: "he wrote to his folks every day"
• 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"
  • synonyms: folk, common people