ilk /ɪlk/ BrE AmE noun [singular]
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: ilk 'same' (12-19 centuries) , from Old English ilca ]
a particular type SYN kind
of that/his/their etc ilk
Irving Berlin and composers of his ilk
somebody and that/his/their etc ilk
Mrs Taylor and her ilk talk absolute rubbish.