menfolks

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noun

menfolk; male members of a group.

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Meanings

nounmenfolks pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlymenfolk; male members of a group.

    ‘I don’t rightly like to leave you all here without no menfolks,’ he objected.

    1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, Prairie Kid; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 54
    1 more example

    ‘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

From men + folks.

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APA

menfolks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menfolks

MLA

“menfolks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menfolks. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “menfolks,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menfolks.

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