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balladeer en · NOUN

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Etymology

Etymology tree English ballad Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English balladeer From ballad + -eer.

Meanings

1. A singer, particularly a professional singer who performs ballads.

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Translations (5)

hu balladaénekes (A singer of ballads) · mi kaiwaiata paki (A singer of ballads) · hu balladaszerző (A singer of ballads) · pt baladeiro (A singer of ballads) · hu balladaköltő (A singer of ballads)

balladeer en · VERB

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Etymology

Etymology tree English ballad Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English balladeer From ballad + -eer.

Meanings

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. 2007 October 31, Bernard Holland, “Ives, Master of the Exotic and the Old”, in New York Times:

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