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menfolks

menfolks noun: menfolk; male members of a group.

Noun

menfolks pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) menfolk; male members of a group.
    • ‘Deyʼs grabbinʼ all de menfolks dey kin git dey hands on and makinʼ ʼem help bury de dead.’1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Virago Press (2018), page 193

Origin of menfolks

From men + folks.

Questions about menfolks

What does menfolks mean?
Menfolks means menfolk; male members of a group.
What part of speech is menfolks?
Menfolks is a noun.

Words near menfolks in the dictionary

  1. Menezes
  2. menezesite
  3. menfluencer
  4. menfluencers
  5. menfolk
  6. menfolks
  7. Menfra
  8. menfriends
  9. meng
  10. menged
  11. Mengel

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