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volk

British  
/ fɒlk /

noun

  1. the people or nation, esp the nation of Afrikaners

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of volk

Afrikaans

Example Sentences

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He appealed not to justice, but to the volk.

From Slate • Sep. 20, 2017

After the wild applause there was sudden silence: a pause of anticipation, and die volk were not disappointed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even the cradle of the volk, Stellenbosch University, is being swept by an intellectual revolution as professors demand real reform.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though political union with France is a vague abstraction to most West Germans, the crowds responded eagerly to De Gaulle's outstretched hands, his praise for the "great German volk."

From Time Magazine Archive

He vaited vhen de boeren volk     Vent oud oopon de plain, He vaited dill de veary crows     Flew nestwarts home acain.

From The Breitmann Ballads by Leland, Charles Godfrey

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