noun
country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms: ↑country music, ↑country and western, ↑C and W
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noun1. : folk songs and folk style of singing and playing of the southern United States
2. : any music deriving from or imitating folk style or the style of the western cowboy especially as exploited commercially — called also country music
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1. folk music combined with elements of popular music in which the banjo, fiddle, and guitar are principal instruments: a type of music that originated in mountain regions of the southern U.S.
2. country-and-western music.
[1950-55]
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noun [noncount]
US : ↑country music
Useful english dictionary. 2012.