2. Noun. Male people in general. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Menfolk
1. the men of a family or community [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menfolk
Literary usage of Menfolk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, William Morris (1887)
"And all the others called thee, who dwelt in the burg about For no man at all of
menfolk a name shall be without, Whether good he be or evil . ..."
2. Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of by Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana (1893)
"The new-comers—the men I still mean*«»begin to converse freely with the menfolk
o£ the settlement. And it is at this point that the. le.ader ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"joy, for their menfolk were seldom at home. As soon as a son had grown up a little,
... And Montenegro saw her menfolk return home from over the sea. ..."
4. Home Life in Germany by Alfred Sidgwick (1908)
"He thinks that woman was made for man, and that if she has board, lodging, and
raiment, according to the means of her menfolk, she has all she can possibly ..."
5. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
""What dis menfolk ken aboot sic things ?" " They ken mair nor womenfolk thinks on."
MENG, to mix. ..."
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