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Britfolk

Britfolk noun: british contemporary folk music.

Noun

Britfolk (uncountable)

  1. British contemporary folk music.
    • The 1970s also loom large over ‘Historian’, with the unlikely influence of Pink Floyd coming to the fore in the alt-rocking psychedelics of ‘The Shell’, the crunchy yet smooth ‘Timefighter’ featuring some moody guitar soloing and a prog-rock breakdown and ‘Pillar of Truth’ the haunting Britfolk of...2018 March 2, Leonie Cooper, “Lucy Dacus – ‘Historian’ Review”, in NME

Origin of Britfolk

From Brit- + folk. Compare Britpop, Britrock.

Questions about Britfolk

What does Britfolk mean?
Britfolk means british contemporary folk music.
What part of speech is Britfolk?
Britfolk is a noun.

Words near Britfolk in the dictionary

  1. Britcore
  2. Britfag
  3. Britfags
  4. Britflick
  5. Britflicks
  6. Britfolk
  7. Britglish
  8. Brithdir
  9. Brithdir and Llanfachreth
  10. Brithenig
  11. britholite

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