Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A writer or singer of ballads; a balladist.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A writer of ballads.

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  • noun A writer of ballads.

Etymologies

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ballad +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Haitians rioted after electoral authorities declared that Jude C é lestin, who has the backing of President Ren é Pr é val, had placed second, behind former first lady Mirlande Manigat, eliminating ballader Michel Martelly, known as "Sweet Micky," from the second-round presidential runoff.

    Haiti Charges Former Dictator Ingrid Arnesen 2011

  • The popular young lyrist, ballader and minstrel, for Nadaud accompanied himself on the piano, now made a curious compact, agreeing to write songs for twenty years, a firm named Heugel paying him six thousand francs yearly by way of remuneration.

    In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

  • Nous passons tout de meme une bonne journee a nous ballader sur l'ile et a profiter de la belle terrasse a Novita.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • Nous passons tout de meme une bonne journee a nous ballader sur l'ile et a profiter de la belle terrasse a Novita.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • Deux jours trop courts a decompresser, se ballader dans les rues de Singapoure, boire tard le soir (tard signifiant un peu plus tard pour Joel que pour Marija, question d'entrainement), et cuver le lendemain matin.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2008

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