folk singer

noun

variants or less commonly folksinger
ˈfōk-ˌsiŋ-ər How to pronounce folk singer (audio)
or folk-singer
: one who sings folk songs or sings in a style associated with folk songs
folk singing
ˈfōk-ˌsiŋ-iŋ How to pronounce folk singer (audio)
noun

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The eight-time Grammy winner will be joined by country-folk singer Charles Wesley Godwin at the stop. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 Mexican singer-songwriter is influenced by jazz artists and Latin folk singers. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026 Elliott was also mispegged as a folk singer during his lifetime, to his own bafflement; his music has a pop architecture that runs deep, and an architecture that goes deeper than that is purely, idiosyncratically Elliott. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 Wexler won an Oscar for his work, which included a pioneering 2-minute, 15-second Steadicam shot that trailed and then led David Carradine as the folk singer through a crowd of migrant workers. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for folk singer

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of folk singer was in 1870

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folksinger

noun
folk·​sing·​er -ˌsing-ər How to pronounce folksinger (audio)
: a singer of folk songs
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