Folketing Hear it!

Folketing definition

Folke·ting or Folkething Fol′ke·thing′ (fōl′kə tiŋ′)

noun

  1. Historical the lower branch of the Danish legislature
  2. now, the unicameral legislature of Denmark

Etymology: Dan < folke, people (see folk) + ting, thing, assembly (see thing)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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