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folkright

folkright noun: the common law or right of the people.

Noun

folkright (countable and uncountable, plural folkrights)

  1. (obsolete) The common law or right of the people.

Forms of folkright

pluralfolkrights

Origin of folkright

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English folcriht. By surface analysis, folk + right.

Questions about folkright

What does folkright mean?
Folkright means the common law or right of the people.
What part of speech is folkright?
Folkright is a noun.
What is the plural of folkright?
The plural of folkright is folkrights.

Words near folkright in the dictionary

  1. folknames
  2. folknik
  3. folkniks
  4. folkred
  5. folkrede
  6. folkright
  7. folkrights
  8. folks
  9. folksier
  10. folksiest
  11. folksily

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