n. 25B6; noun (informal)
the local folk : PEOPLE, individuals, {men, women, and children}, (living) souls, mortals; citizenry, inhabitants, residents, populace, population; informal peeps; formal denizens.
my folks came from the north : RELATIVES, relations, blood relations, family, nearest and dearest, people, kinsfolk, kinsmen, kinswomen, kin, kith and kin, kindred, flesh and blood.