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ratfolk

ratfolk noun: intelligent anthropomorphic creatures akin to (or created from) rats.

Noun

ratfolk pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Intelligent anthropomorphic creatures akin to (or created from) rats.
    • Ratfolk are timid by nature and Singe was trying to make her own way outside her native society. Ratfolk males don't yell and threaten and promise massive bloodshed unless they intend to deliver. They don't banter.2002, Glen Cook, Angry Lead Skies: A Garrett, P.I., Novel, Penguin, →ISBN
    • If it's just the ratfolk looking for a bit of payback, there's no reason to think you and I are in any further danger.2010, Ari Marmell, Agents of Artifice: A Planeswalker Novel, Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN

Origin of ratfolk

From rat + folk.

Questions about ratfolk

What does ratfolk mean?
Ratfolk means intelligent anthropomorphic creatures akin to (or created from) rats.
What part of speech is ratfolk?
Ratfolk is a noun.

Words near ratfolk in the dictionary

  1. ratfinked
  2. ratfinking
  3. ratfinks
  4. ratfish
  5. ratfishes
  6. ratfolk
  7. Ratfor
  8. ratfuck
  9. ratfucked
  10. ratfucker
  11. ratfuckers

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