balladeer
noun
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noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English ballad Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English balladeer From ballad + -eer.
- A singer, particularly a professional singer who performs ballads.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English ballad Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English balladeer From ballad + -eer.
- To sing a ballad
“Revisiting familiar lied texts […] or simply balladeering in The Light That Is Felt, Ives begins songs the way we expect him to and then takes us someplace we would not have thought of going.”