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BALLADEER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does balladeer mean?
• BALLADEER (noun)
The noun BALLADEER has 1 sense:
1. a singer of popular ballads
Familiarity information: BALLADEER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A singer of popular ballads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
balladeer; crooner
Hypernyms ("balladeer" is a kind of...):
singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)
Instance hyponyms:
Bing Crosby; Crosby; Harry Lillis Crosby (United States singer and film actor (1903-1977))
Francis Albert Sinatra; Frank Sinatra; Sinatra (United States singer and film actor (1915-1998))
Derivation:
ballad (a narrative poem of popular origin)
ballad (a narrative song with a recurrent refrain)
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