folk singer
noun
variants
or less commonly folksinger
or folk-singer
: one who sings folk songs or sings in a style associated with folk songs
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Is there a bigger one than going from playing a pilot in the U.S. Navy's Top Gun program to portraying the nation's foremost folk singer and civil rights champion?
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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
What's amazing is that all these folk singers are still performing and touring and still incredibly active.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Amrit Kohli of Ferndale is a computer software contractor, a peace activist and aspiring folk singer.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
Mangold most recently gave Bob Dylan the biopic treatment with A Complete Unknown, which stars Timothée Chalamet as the folk singer.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
What's amazing is that all these folk singers are still performing and touring and still incredibly active.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Amrit Kohli of Ferndale is a computer software contractor, a peace activist and aspiring folk singer.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
Mangold most recently gave Bob Dylan the biopic treatment with A Complete Unknown, which stars Timothée Chalamet as the folk singer.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Folk singer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk%20singer. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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folksinger
noun
folk·sing·er
-ˌsing-ər 
: a singer of folk songs
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