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Definition of Balladeer
1. Noun. A singer of popular ballads.
Generic synonyms: Singer, Vocaliser, Vocalist, Vocalizer
Specialized synonyms: Bing Crosby, Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby, Francis Albert Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Sinatra
Derivative terms: Ballad, Ballad, Croon
Definition of Balladeer
1. Noun. A singer, particularly a professional singer who performs ballads. ¹
2. Verb. To sing a ballad ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Balladeer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balladeer
Literary usage of Balladeer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1867)
"The maiden's voice whispered but yes— At Three Thirty-Seven AM Usually а balladeer
is satisfied with conceiving two verses, after which the mind naturally ..."
2. Landmine Monitor Report 1999: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines (1999)
"... at the Terrorist Activities Control Division of the Police Headquarters,
Central Police Headquarters, balladeer- Kathmandu, 18 December 1998 * Hon. ..."
3. US and British Virgin Islands by Don Philpott (2002)
"Quito's Gazebo, Cane Garden Bay, owned by island-born singer and balladeer Quito
Rymer, and serving traditional West Indian dishes, seafood and some ..."
4. Our Poets! by Arthur Lynch (1894)
"... and crowd on sail, And, light equipped, at peradventure steer, And fling the
breezy pennant to the gale Of Buchanan, the bold, bad, balladeer ! . . , . ..."
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