balladist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of balladist
Example Sentences
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This balladist of the Middle West, whose books sell millions of copies, is as representative of the great sentimentality of America, as the Ford car is of our thrift.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the former, the balladist treats, with dramatic fire and fine insight into the springs of action, the theme that 'To be wroth with those we love Doth work like madness in the brain.'
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by John Geddie
But according to the balladist his career, on one occasion, had well nigh terminated disastrously.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
So far as we are aware, only one balladist has found any genuine inspiration in it.
From Verse and Worse by Harry Graham
This unknown balladist was Mr. Henley; perhaps he was the first Englishman who ever burst into a double ballade, and his translations of two of Villon's ballades into modern thieves' slang were marvels of dexterity.
From Ballads in Blue China by Andrew Lang
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