folk singer


noun

a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing his or her own accompaniment on a guitar.

Origin of folk singer

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example sentences from the Web for folk singer

  • In the end, as has been seen, March gets an ill-word from the Greek folk-singer, who is not more constant in his praise of April.

    Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) |Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco

British Dictionary definitions for folk singer

folk singer

noun

a person who sings folk songs or other songs in the folk idiom

Derived forms of folk singer

folk singing, noun