Usually means: Performer of traditional, acoustic music.
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  1. folk-singer, folk singer: Merriam-Webster
  2. folk singer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. folk singer: Collins English Dictionary
  4. folk singer: Vocabulary.com
  5. folk-singer: Wordnik
  6. folk singer: Wiktionary
  7. folk singer: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. folk singer: Dictionary.com
  9. Folk Singer (album), Folk Singer, Folk singer, The Folk Singer (Tommy Roe song), The Folk Singer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. folk singer: Rhymezone
  11. folk singer: FreeDictionary.org
  12. folk singer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. folk singer: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. folk singer: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of folksinger, someone who sings folk music. [A person who sings folk songs.]

Similar:
jongleur, minstrel, troubadour, poet-singer, folksinger, folkster, folker, folk dancer, singer, filker, more...

Opposite:
pop singer, rock singer, mainstream singer

Phrases:
folk singer griffith, folk singer phil, more...

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Similar:
jongleur, minstrel, troubadour, poet-singer, folksinger, folkster, folker, folk dancer, singer, filker, more...

Opposite:
pop singer, rock singer, mainstream singer

Phrases:
folk singer griffith, folk singer phil, more...



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