housefolk

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.

     [original: 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]

     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

Anagrams

• folk house, folkhouse