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ratfolk en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From rat + folk.

Meanings

  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:
    • Foreigners wouldn't know that some ratfolk can suck it down by the barrel. Once the kids were away, Singe began babbling about needing to get back to the house fast. We had a garderobe that a ratgirl could use. 2011, George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Down These Strange Streets, Penguin, →ISBN: