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English > 1 sense of the expression folk singer:
NOUNperson folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadoura singer of folk songs
English > folk singer: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA singer of folk songs.
Synonymsjongleur, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour
InstancesGuthrie, Woody Guthrie, Woodrow Wilson GuthrieUnited States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967 )
Seeger, Pete Seeger, Peter SeegerUnited States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919)
Broadersinger, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliserA person who sings