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folk-singer
folk singer
noun
a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing his or her own accompaniment on a guitar.
Origin:
1895–1900
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folk singer
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n
a person who sings folk songs or other songs in the folk idiom
folk singing
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n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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