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balladist

/bal-uh-dist/US // ˈbæl ə dɪst //

民谣歌手,歌谣家,民谣家,民谣者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who writes, composes, or sings ballads.

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Examples

  • This fact we may accept; but the question comes up: Is Homer such a balladist and nothing more?

  • Or a balladist, man or woman, took the centre, and sang towards our compassionate windows.

  • Sweet William has always been the favourite choice of the balladist, among the Christian names of the knightly wooers.

  • Indeed your balladist, like Allan Breck Stewart, was never a bigoted partisan of the law.

  • But the balladist carries everything before him by the verve and good humour and pawky wit of his song.