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BALLADEER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A singer of popular ballads

Synonyms:

balladeer; crooner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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