kansankirjailija

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • folk writer a self-learned writer or author who often wrote folk literature

Etymology

Affix from Finnish kansa (people, people's, of people, folks, nation, folk, of the people, crowd) + Finnish kirjailija (writer, author).

Origin

Finnish

kirjailija

Gloss

writer, author

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