folkie adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •of, or relating to folk music noun1 •A folk singer, or an enthusiast of folk music.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. — 2011 formsfolkies · folkier · folkiest