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  • noun a singer of folk songs

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Examples

  • Would English-speaking life today be somewhat different had words like wuldor, scop, dryhten, hyge, and līc or “glory,” “poet-singer,” “lord,” “thought,” and “body” survived as well?

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Would English-speaking life today be somewhat different had words like wuldor, scop, dryhten, hyge, and līc or “glory,” “poet-singer,” “lord,” “thought,” and “body” survived as well?

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • After a brief hospital stay, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame poet-singer was released and is reportedly recovering well.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Rus Bowden 2009

  • After a brief hospital stay, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame poet-singer was released and is reportedly recovering well.

    News at Eleven: Leonard Cohen collapsed during a concert Rus Bowden 2009

  • He cited as influences such blues legends as Robert Johnson, Houston native Lightnin' Hopkins and the Houston poet-singer Juke Boy Bonner, whom Thomas eulogized in the journal Callaloo.

    languagehat.com: RIP LORENZO THOMAS. 2005

  • The convention was enlivened by the dramatic readings of Mrs.H. P. Mathewson, and the inspiring ballads of the poet-singer, James G. Clark, who had come from Colorado to attend the meeting.

    History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862

  • Though Suman did not spell out any reason, the SMS comes months after his frictions with the Trinamool which had prompted Banerjee to describe the popular poet-singer as a "guest" in the party.

    The Times of India 2010

  • KOLKATA - Kabir Suman, the Trinamool Congress MP who is not always known to toe the party line and a hugely popular poet-singer in West Bengal, says he is willing to mediate between the central government and Maoists.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Soudhriti Bhabani 2010

  • March 11th, 2010 more images more imagesKOLKATA - Kabir Suman, the Trinamool Congress MP who is not always known to toe the party line and a hugely popular poet-singer in West Bengal, says he is willing to mediate between the central government and Maoists.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010

  • Though Suman did not spell out any reason, the SMS comes months after his frictions with the Trinamool which had prompted Banerjee to describe the popular poet-singer as a "guest" in the party.

    The Times of India 2010

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