Meanings
plural folkies
- A folk singer, or an enthusiast of folk music.
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 161 more example
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
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*fulką
- Proto-West Germanic*folk
- Old Englishfolc
- Middle Englishfolk
- Englishfolk
- Englishfolkie
Cite this entry
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