folker

/fˈoʊkɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

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"BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE (Monday) This 1960s protest folker and longtime champion of American Indian rights will surely sing “Now That the Buffalo’s Gone” and “Until It’s Time for You to Go,” and maybe even “Cod’ine,” which became a garage-rock standard."
"...Scotland's finest modern folkers King Creosote and James Yorkston..."

From folk + -er.

folkers (plural)

poker broker joker mediocre smoker non-smoker stoker coker ochre croker bowker soaker

Questions

How do you pronounce folker?

The recorded pronunciation is /fˈoʊkɚ/.

What does folker mean?

A performer of folk music.

Where does folker come from?

It is traced to German.

How to pronounce folker

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