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housefolk en · NOUN

Etymology

From house + folk.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, plural, plural-only) The people of a household.
    • فَلَمَّا قَضَىٰ مُوسَى الْأَجَلَ وَسَارَ بِأَهْلِهِ آنَسَ مِن جَانِبِ الطُّورِ نَارًا قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوا إِنِّي آنَسْتُ نَارًا لَعَلِّي آتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ جَذْوَةٍ مِّنَ النَّارِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ 1930, Marmaduke Pickthall, transl., The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, surah 28, verse 29: