Explore Balladeer through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like crooner or singer. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Balladeer meaning
A singer, particularly a professional singer who performs ballads.
Using Balladeer
- The main meaning on this page is: A singer, particularly a professional singer who performs ballads.
- Useful related words include: crooner, singer, vocalist, vocalizer.
- In the example corpus, balladeer often appears in combinations such as: the balladeer, balladeer and.
Context around Balladeer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Balladeer
- In this selection, "balladeer" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bush, romantic, told, dean, luke and tying stand out and add context to how "balladeer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fine balladeer and storyteller and also the balladeer as credited. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "balladeer" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with balladeer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Balladeer rips Booth's rationale from his diary and burns the pages. (13 words)
He was also "The Balladeer" (as credited), and served as narrator of the show. (14 words)
Lahr comments that the new Sinatra was "not the gentle boy balladeer of the forties. (15 words)
But it does show his procession from bebop to romantic balladeer to his groups bent on improvisation up to the electro-funk era and later years where he experimented (with somewhat choppy results) with hip-hop and world music. (39 words)
Cajun musician Vic Sadot wrote a song about Ochs entitled "Broadside Balladeer". citation Singer-songwriter Jen Cass 's "Standing In Your Memory", and Harry Chapin 's "The Parade's Still Passing By" are tributes to Ochs. (36 words)
It was in Dublin’s Bailey pub in 1964 that the poet told balladeer Luke Kelly that he had a song for him, but Kavanagh died before he could hear his lyric recorded. (33 words)
Example sentences (15)
A songwriter used the article to write a song, called Abbey, which was recorded by bush balladeer Dean Perrett.
But it does show his procession from bebop to romantic balladeer to his groups bent on improvisation up to the electro-funk era and later years where he experimented (with somewhat choppy results) with hip-hop and world music.
It was in Dublin’s Bailey pub in 1964 that the poet told balladeer Luke Kelly that he had a song for him, but Kavanagh died before he could hear his lyric recorded.
He made several appearances throughout the show as the “balladeer” tying all of the stories together with his songs.
Cajun musician Vic Sadot wrote a song about Ochs entitled "Broadside Balladeer". citation Singer-songwriter Jen Cass 's "Standing In Your Memory", and Harry Chapin 's "The Parade's Still Passing By" are tributes to Ochs.
Early 1980s The success of his piano-driven ballads like "Just the Way You Are", "She's Always a Woman", and "Honesty" led some critics to label Joel a " balladeer " and " soft rocker ".
Forster indicates it has Dylanesque influences, and shows Kelly "honing the skills of a fine balladeer and storyteller".
Guiteau sings along with the Balladeer about Guiteau's optimism before he is finally hanged ("The Ballad of Guiteau").
He was also "The Balladeer" (as credited), and served as narrator of the show.
In desperation, Booth throws the Balladeer his diary so that he can tell his story to the world.
Lahr comments that the new Sinatra was "not the gentle boy balladeer of the forties.
The Balladeer, a personification of the American Dream, appears and begins to tell John Wilkes Booth's story ("The Ballad of Booth").
The Balladeer rips Booth's rationale from his diary and burns the pages.
The Balladeer sings "The Ballad of Czolgosz" as Czolgosz joins the receiving line, and upon reaching McKinley, he shoots him.
The Balladeer tells them that their actions didn't solve their problems or the country's and that if they want their prizes they must follow the American Dream.
Common combinations with balladeer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: