landfolk

/ˈlændˌfoʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Literary; 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[…]"
"When the landfolk of Galway converse with a stranger, / softly the men speak, more softly the women, / light words on their lips, and an accent that sings."
"The landfolk of the region had that day brought to the revolutionary court of judgment a young man of handsome and frank countenance."

Calque of Middle English lond folk or Old English landfolc.

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How do you pronounce landfolk?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlændˌfoʊk/.

What does landfolk mean?

The inhabitants of a region, especially if native.

Where does landfolk come from?

Calque of Middle English lond folk or Old English landfolc.

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