Meanings
plural balladeers
- A singer, particularly a professional singer who performs ballads.
present singular third person balladeers · participle present balladeering · participle past balladeered · past balladeered
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Hungarian balladaköltő, balladaszerző
- balladaköltőA singer of ballads
- balladaszerzőA singer of ballads
- balladaénekesA singer of ballads
Māori kaiwaiata paki
- kaiwaiata pakiA singer of ballads
Portuguese baladeiro
- baladeiroA singer of ballads
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with balladeer
Cite this entry
balladeer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balladeer
“balladeer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balladeer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balladeer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balladeer.
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