balladist
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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
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The President then told him how to secure a pass into the lines of the army, and the man went forth to write and to sing his inspirations, like a balladist of old.
From In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk by Butterworth, Hezekiah
"General Big-talk," the Yankee balladist called him when once the siege was in progress.
From The Siege of Boston by French, Allen
A Czech balladist describes two chieftains travelling towards the sunrise, with mountains to the right and to the left, on whose summit stands the dawn.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
But according to the balladist his career, on one occasion, had well nigh terminated disastrously.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.