Folks

(·n.c. & ·pl) The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well.

II. Folks (·n.c. & ·pl) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe.

III. Folks (·n.c. & ·pl) People in general, or a separate class of people;

— generally used in the plural form, and often with a qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks.