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folkie

folkie noun: a folk singer, or an enthusiast of folk music.

Noun

folkie (plural folkies)

  1. A folk singer, or an enthusiast of folk music.
    • When I say "political" I don't just mean lesbian or gay. I'm a folkie deep at heart and regularly attend concerts of Si Kahn, Fred Small, Bright Morning Star, Marcia Taylor, Debra Silverstein, Solid Ground, and many other groups and individuals from the political folk tradition.1983 December 17, Nancy Wechsler, “Is There Room For Criticism”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 22, page 5
    • He had come to Carnegie Hall not to imitate him but to channel him with the self he happened to be at that moment, not at all the green folkie who had set the world ablaze just a few years earlier.2011, David Yaffe, Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown, page 16

Adjective

folkie (comparative folkier, superlative folkiest)

  1. of, or relating to folk music

Forms of folkie

Noun
pluralfolkies
Adjective
comparativefolkier
superlativefolkiest

Origin of folkie

From folk + -ie.

Questions about folkie

What does folkie mean?
Folkie means a folk singer, or an enthusiast of folk music.
What part of speech is folkie?
Folkie can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of folkie?
The plural of folkie is folkies.

Words near folkie in the dictionary

  1. folkfree
  2. folkgame
  3. folkgames
  4. folkhouse
  5. folkhouses
  6. folkie
  7. folkier
  8. folkies
  9. folkiest
  10. folkiness
  11. Folkingham

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