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BALLAD

\bˈaləd], \bˈaləd], \b_ˈa_l_ə_d]\

Definitions of BALLAD

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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To make or sing ballads.
To make mention of in ballads.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To make or sing ballads.
To make mention of in ballads.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A short, popular, narrative poem, adapted or suitable for reciting or singing.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A popular song.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Any popular narrative poem.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. [Italian] A popular song, narrative or sentimental, in homely verses ; a simple air.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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