housefolk

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English

Etymology

From house +‎ folk.

Noun

housefolk pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic) The people of a household.
    • 1930, Marmaduke Pickthall, transl., The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, surah 28, verse 29:
      Then, when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was travelling with his housefolk, he saw in the distance a fire and said unto his housefolk: Bide ye (here). Lo! I see in the distance a fire; peradventure I shall bring you tidings thence, or a brand from the fire that ye may warm yourselves.
      falammā qaḍā mūsā l-ʔajala wasāra biʔahlihi ʔānasa min jānibi ṭ-ṭūri nāran qāla liʔahlihi mkuṯū ʔinnī ʔānastu nāran laʕallī ʔātīkum minhā biḵabarin ʔaw jaḏwatin mina n-nāri laʕallakum taṣṭalūna

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