ballad maker
- noun
- /ˈbæləd ˈmeɪkər/
:
compositor de baladas
- As a young ballad maker, she spent countless nights perfecting her melodies and verses.
Examples
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The famous ballad maker crafted emotional lyrics that resonated with listeners across generations.
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Many of the traditional songs we know today were shaped by anonymous ballad makers centuries ago.
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The famous ballad maker wrote a song about love.
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Many ballad makers find inspiration in their hometowns.
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As a young ballad maker, she spent countless nights perfecting her melodies and verses.
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Many of the traditional songs we know today were shaped by anonymous ballad makers centuries ago.
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The famous ballad maker crafted emotional lyrics that resonated with listeners across generations.
Synonyms
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3.9
A person who writes music as a job
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A person who makes the words and music for popular tunes
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A person who writes words for songs, often for pop music or musicals
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A person who writes songs or melodies for popular music
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A person who sings or writes music
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7.0
A person who writes songs for a living
A person who writes or performs tunes
A person who writes the words of songs
A person who writes and sings folk songs that tell stories
How Productive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who composes ballads or popular songs' is directly and transparently derived from 'ballad' (a narrative song) + 'maker' (one who makes or produces). The agentive compounding pattern is regular in English and common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer this meaning.
Etymology
Ballad maker comes from the old idea of storytellers who sang long, simple ballads—these were sung 'stories'—and a maker was the person who made the words and tune. So a ballad maker is someone who composes the words or music of a ballad or popular 'song'.