Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One skilled in or engaged in the study of folklore.

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  • noun A person who studies or collects folklore

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Examples

  • Once I had heard him speak at length, I began to wonder what kind of folklorist was this, if that's what he was, with no particular interest in the text of a song or a tale.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Once I had heard him speak at length, I began to wonder what kind of folklorist was this, if that's what he was, with no particular interest in the text of a song or a tale.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Once I had heard him speak at length, I began to wonder what kind of folklorist was this, if that's what he was, with no particular interest in the text of a song or a tale.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Once I had heard him speak at length, I began to wonder what kind of folklorist was this, if that's what he was, with no particular interest in the text of a song or a tale.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • He eventually picked up a guitar, singing in the manner of his idol, Argentine folklorist Atahualpa Yupanqui.

    Folk Singer Facundo Cabral Killed in Guatemala Associated Press 2011

  • MIAMI -- Author and folklorist Stetson Kennedy, who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan six decades ago and exposed its secrets to authorities and the public but was also criticized for possibly exaggerating his exploits, died Saturday.

    Stetson Kennedy, Exposer Of Ku Klux Klan Secrets, Dies At 94 2011

  • Violeta Went to Heaven Chile-Argentina-Brazil/World Dramatic; Director: Andrés Wood; Screenwriter: Eliseo Altunaga; Producer: Patricio Pereira This film tells the story of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, tracing her evolution from impoverished child to international sensation and Chile's national hero, while capturing the swirling intensity of her inner contradictions, fallibilities and passions.

    S.J. Main: Latino Themed Movies Take the Spotlight at Sundance Film Festival: Mosquita y Mari S.J. Main 2012

  • She was a friend of Kennedy for about 30 years and did her doctoral thesis on his work as a folklorist.

    Stetson Kennedy, Exposer Of Ku Klux Klan Secrets, Dies At 94 2011

  • Violeta Went to Heaven Chile-Argentina-Brazil/World Dramatic; Director: Andrés Wood; Screenwriter: Eliseo Altunaga; Producer: Patricio Pereira This film tells the story of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, tracing her evolution from impoverished child to international sensation and Chile's national hero, while capturing the swirling intensity of her inner contradictions, fallibilities and passions.

    S.J. Main: Latino Themed Movies Take the Spotlight at Sundance Film Festival: Mosquita y Mari S.J. Main 2012

  • Violeta Went to Heaven Chile-Argentina-Brazil/World Dramatic; Director: Andrés Wood; Screenwriter: Eliseo Altunaga; Producer: Patricio Pereira This film tells the story of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, tracing her evolution from impoverished child to international sensation and Chile's national hero, while capturing the swirling intensity of her inner contradictions, fallibilities and passions.

    S.J. Main: Latino Themed Movies Take the Spotlight at Sundance Film Festival: Mosquita y Mari S.J. Main 2012

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