ballader
(ˈbælədə(r))
Also 6 balletter, 7 -ater, -adder.
[f. ballad v. or n. + -er1.]
A writer of ballads or (obs.) of scurrilous verses.
| 1589 Nashe Almond for P. Ded. 3 A man cannot haue a bout with a Balletter..but hee shall be in daunger of a further displeasure. 1637 Heywood Pleas. Dial. 283 A base and infamous Balladder, who disperst a scandalous riming Libell. 1878 Simpson Sch. Shaks. I. 134 As balladers and dramatists agree in representing his case. |