folklorist

American  

[fohk-lawr-ist] / ˈfoʊkˌlɔr ɪst /

noun

1. a student of or expert in folklore, either focused on a particular culture or as part of anthropology or ethnographic study in general.

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Example Sentences

Hurley, born in Pennsylvania, honed his cracked perspective on bluegrass, blues and folk in the Greenwich Village folk scene in New York in the ‘60s, after producer and folklorist Fred Ramsey picked him up on a hitchiking ramble. He released his debut album, 1964’s “First Songs,” on Folkways, the acclaimed home of Woody Guthrie and curator Harry Smith’s “Anthology of American Folk Music.”

From Los Angeles Times

Folklorist Anne Marie Lagram - herself a "strong believer" - also previously told BBC News that theories behind "unlucky 13" include the number of people present at the Last Supper or the number of witches to make a coven.

From BBC

The eminent folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand traced them at least as far back as the 1970s, when immigrants from Southeast Asia reached these shores.

From Los Angeles Times

The great Irish folklorist Kevin Dannaher described the St Patrick's Day of 300 years ago.

From BBC

The area where the bones were found, in West Cape on the western side of the island, has been perilous for ships, according to John Cousins, a folklorist who has written a book about the island’s history.

From New York Times