Landfolk
//ˈlandˌfəʊk// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The inhabitants of a region, especially if native. literary, uncommon, uncountable
"[…]and I should be happy to know that my homely strains might have at all refined it among the landfolk of my own county, or any other[…]"
Example
More examples"[…]and I should be happy to know that my homely strains might have at all refined it among the landfolk of my own county, or any other[…]"
Etymology
Calque of Middle English lond folk or Old English landfolc.
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