menfolk
menfolk noun: male people in general.
Noun
menfolk pl (plural only)
- Male people in general.
- The old woman was surprised when the soldiers stopped to look at her camouflage quilts, since menfolk are rarely interested in needlework.
- The male members of a group.
- At our family reunion, the menfolk generally have a ball game, while the womenfolk gossip and trade snapshots.
- […] when the pleasant time of night is come, and the stewardess is tucking up the ladies, and putting oranges and other goodies under their pillows, and the menfolk assemble in the capstan house to smoke their last cigar.1877, Official Guide and Album of the Cunard Steamship Company, page 95
menfolk meaning in Tamil
menfolk in Tamil
- ஆடவர்
Forms of menfolk
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Origin of menfolk
From men + folk.
Questions about menfolk
- What does menfolk mean?
- Menfolk means male people in general.
- What is menfolk in Tamil?
- Menfolk in Tamil is ஆடவர். See Menfolk meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is menfolk?
- Menfolk is a noun.
Words near menfolk in the dictionary
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