What does "balladeer" mean?

A singer, particularly a professional singer who performs ballads.

What is a synonym for "balladeer"?

Common synonyms include: arranger, ballad maker, ballad singer, balladist, balladmonger, bard.

Balladeer

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
A singer, particularly a professional singer who performs ballads.
2
a singer of popular ballads wordnet

Verb

1
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."

Synonyms

All synonyms

arranger ballad maker ballad singer balladist balladmonger bard

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From ballad + -eer.

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