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Synonyms for ballad


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bal-uh d
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæl əd



Définition of ballad

Origin :
  • late 15c., from French ballade "dancing song" (13c.), from Old Provençal ballada "(poem for a) dance," from balar "to dance," from Late Latin ballare "to dance" (see ball (n.2)).
  • noun narrative song
Example sentences :
  • It was the ballad she had sung at Christmas—in what different mood!
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • The hint of this ballad is found in Arndt's Murchen, Berlin, 1816.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume I (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • This ballad was written on the occasion of a Horticultural Festival.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume I (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Apropos, how do you like this thought in a ballad I have just now on the tapis?
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • On the present occasion, I was prepared with a ballad of his.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • There I turned, and saw her stand like a lady in a ballad leaning after me in the moonlight.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • The age of ballad collection and collation had fairly set in.
  • Extract from : « The Balladists » by John Geddie
  • The 'end of the auld sang' of the Scottish Parliament was the end also of the ballad.
  • Extract from : « The Balladists » by John Geddie
  • But for this, among other reasons, the genuine antiquity of the ballad is under some suspicion.
  • Extract from : « The Balladists » by John Geddie
  • But the balladists and ballad characters had their own gauges of conduct.
  • Extract from : « The Balladists » by John Geddie

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