funkster
Britishnoun
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a performer or fan of funk music
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someone who follows the latest trends in music, ideas, or fashion
Example Sentences
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But even before he became a proto-rap funkster and gymnastic phenomenon, Brown was a compelling vocalist whose first hit, “Please, Please, Please,” conveyed an extreme, desperate urgency seldom heard in R&B.
From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2014
“We are the fathers of jazz-funk-fusion, and I am a funkster at heart,” Mr. Henderson said in an interview with The Los Angeles Times in 1995.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2014
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