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Synonyms

folk singer

American  

noun

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


folk singer British  

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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Etymology

Origin of folk singer

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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Former Pussycat Dolls singer Scherzinger will star in the production once again when it opens on Broadway later this year.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024

Pussycat Dolls singer and television star Nicole Scherzinger is taking her relationship with former rubgy player and model Thomas Evans to the next level.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2023

“I used to see him everywhere,” said Johansen, the New York Dolls singer whose earliest solo work appears on “Earl’s Closet.”

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2022

For the former Dresden Dolls singer, it takes a village.

From Chicago Tribune • Mar. 13, 2013

Judges are entertainer Paula Abdul, record-label executive L.A.Reid, former Pussycat Dolls singer and "Dancing with the Stars" winner Nicole Scherzinger and former "Idol" starmaker Simon Cowell.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2011

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