[Ads-l] Antedating of "Folk-Singer"

[Shapiro, Fred]

I believe the second article I ever published, many years ago, was titled "Antedatings of Folk- Compounds in OED and Its Supplement."  The etymology of these compounds is complicated: some of them were inspired by W. J. Thoms's coinage of "folk-lore" in 1846, others were formed on German models.

folk-singer (OED 1898)

1870 _The Orchestra_ 2 Sept. 378 (ProQuest)  Dupont on the other hand was a Folk singer -- a poet of the people.

Fred Shapiro

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