1. folks(n = noun.group) - your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day"
is a kind of clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe
2. folks(n = noun.group) common people, folk - people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"
is a kind of people
has particulars: country people, countryfolk, gentlefolk, grass roots, home folk, rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff
Derived form adjective folksy2
1. In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [1913 Webster]
"The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war." [1913 Webster]
2. 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. [1913 Webster]
"In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire
With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales." [1913 Webster]
3. The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well. Bartlett. [1913 Webster]