Definition of Ballad maker

1. Noun. A composer of words or music for popular songs.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ballad Maker

ball players
ball return
ball returns
ball sacks
ball thrombus
ball up
ball valve
ball valve action
ball variance
ball washer
ball washers
balla
ballache
ballad
ballad maker (current term)
ballad opera
ballad operas
ballade
balladed
balladeer
balladeered
balladeering
balladeers
ballader
balladers
ballades
balladic
balladin
ballading

Literary usage of Ballad maker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"The Ballad-maker-s flea. AJ, Oct. 13.—Sir, "I am very much discontented in my Spirit, and am afraid if you do not find me out some Remedy, I shall Plot and ..."

2. Wild Earth and Other Poems by Padraic Colum (1916)
"A ballad maker ONCE I loved a maiden fair, Over the hills and far away, Lands she had and lovers to spare, Over the hills and far away. ..."

3. The Story of King Lear from Geoffrey of Monmouth to Shakespeare by Wilfrid Perrett (1904)
"From what has been said, it must be obvious, I think, that the ballad-maker did not read the play, but saw it. I conjecture that we have here the work of a ..."

4. Shakespeare on the Stage. 2d Series by William Winter (1915)
"This is singular reasoning, since, while it assumes that the performance and celebrity of Shakespeare's play may have prompted "the ballad-maker" to make ..."

5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"Sheppard alluded to him in his illustrated (Brit. Bibliogr. ii. 549). 1 Times Displayed' (1046) as That ballad-maker . . . now ..."

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