BALLADMONGER

PRONUNCIATION: (BAL-uhd-mong-guhr)

MEANING: noun:
1. A seller or composer of ballads.
2. An inferior poet.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French balade (a dance song), from Old Occitan ballada (a dance song), from Latin ballare (to dance), from Greek ballizein (to dance) + monger, from Old English mangere (merchant), from Latin mango (dealer). Earliest documented use: 1598.
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BALLAD-MANGER - a Christmas song

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BALL (ADMIN.) - GER. - COO of the Berlin office of DesiLu Productions