folkie

English

Etymology

From folk +‎ -ie.

Noun

folkie (plural folkies)

1. A folk singer, or an enthusiast of folk music.
   • 1983 December 17, Nancy Wechsler, “Is There Room For Criticism”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 22, page 5:

     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.

   • 2011, David Yaffe, Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown‎^[1], page 16:

     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.

Adjective

folkie (comparative folkier, superlative folkiest)

1. of, or relating to folk music

Anagrams

• like of

Spanish

Noun

folkie m (plural folkies)

1. folkie