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folk singer

noun

  1. a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing their own accompaniment on a guitar.


folk singer

noun

  1. a person who sings folk songs or other songs in the folk idiom
“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
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Derived Forms

  • folk singing, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of folk singer1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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So Bob Dylan looks you in the eye and says, “I never intended to become a folk singer.”

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Pop/folk singer Anoushka has been making music since 2020 and feels Western artists offer a chance for homegrown acts to find greater visibility.

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He is not only a great kids’ artist but also, as one critic put it, “a great modern folk singer who just happens to sing children’s songs.”

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The detective’s singular pedigree: He’s the son of an Irish folk singer mom and a Basque sea captain dad.

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Another actor clearly enjoying himself is Edward Norton playing folk singer Pete Seeger in “A Complete Unknown.”

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