- balladmonger
- balladmonger [bal′əd muŋ΄gər]n.1. Historical a person who sells printed popular ballads, esp. in the streets2. an inferior poet; poetaster
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.
balladmonger
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balladmonger — balladmongering, n. /bal euhd mung geuhr, mong /, n. 1. a seller of ballads. 2. an inferior poet. [1590 1600; BALLAD + MONGER] * * * … Universalium
balladmonger — Synonyms and related words: Meistersinger, Parnassian, arch poet, arranger, ballad maker, balladeer, balladist, bard, beat poet, bucoliast, composer, contrapuntist, elegist, epic poet, ethnomusicologist, fili, harmonist, harmonizer, hymnist,… … Moby Thesaurus
balladmonger — n. person who writes and sells songs professionally (especially with special words for special occasions, and often with existing melodies) … English contemporary dictionary
balladmonger — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a seller or composer of ballads 2. : a poor or inferior poet * * * balladmongering, n. /bal euhd mung geuhr, mong /, n. 1. a seller of ballads. 2. an inferior poet. [1590 1600; BALLAD … Useful english dictionary
ballad — balladic /beuh lad ik/, adj. balladlike, adj. /bal euhd/, n. 1. any light, simple song, esp. one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody. 2. a simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in… … Universalium
balladeer — Synonyms and related words: arranger, ballad maker, ballad singer, balladist, balladmonger, bard, composer, contrapuntist, ethnomusicologist, fili, folk singer, folk rock singer, gleeman, harmonist, harmonizer, hymnist, hymnographer, hymnologist … Moby Thesaurus
bard — Synonyms and related words: Meistersinger, Parnassian, arch poet, ballad maker, ballad singer, balladeer, balladmonger, beat poet, bucoliast, elegist, epic poet, fili, folk singer, folk rock singer, gleeman, idyllist, imagist, jongleur, laureate … Moby Thesaurus
composer — Synonyms and related words: advertising writer, annalist, arranger, art critic, author, authoress, ballad maker, balladeer, balladist, balladmonger, belletrist, bibliographer, coauthor, collaborator, columnist, compiler, contrapuntist, copywriter … Moby Thesaurus
elegist — Synonyms and related words: Meistersinger, Parnassian, arch poet, ballad maker, balladmonger, bard, beat poet, bucoliast, epic poet, fili, idyllist, imagist, jongleur, laureate, librettist, major poet, maker, minnesinger, minor poet, minstrel,… … Moby Thesaurus
hymnist — Synonyms and related words: arranger, ballad maker, balladeer, balladist, balladmonger, composer, contrapuntist, ethnomusicologist, harmonist, harmonizer, hymnographer, hymnologist, librettist, madrigalist, melodist, melodizer, musicographer,… … Moby Thesaurus
