ballad /balˈəd/ (historical ballet /-ət/, archaic Scot ballat /-ət/ or ballant /balˈənt/)

1. A slow, sentimental song
2. A simple narrative poem in short stanzas (usu of four lines, of eight and six syllables alternately)
3. A popular song, often scurrilous, referring to contemporary persons or events (chiefly historical)
4. Formerly a drawing-room song, usu sentimental, in several verses sung to the same melody
5. Orig a song accompanying a dance
6. (ballet /balˈət/) a form of madrigal (historical)

To make ballads about

balladeerˈ noun

A person who sings ballads (also intransitive verb)

ballˈadist noun

A writer or singer of ballads

ballˈadry noun

1. Ballads collectively
2. Ballad-making

ballad concert noun

A concert of drawing-room ballads

ballˈadmonger noun

A dealer in, or composer of, ballads

ballad opera noun (historical)

An opera with spoken dialogue, and songs set to existing popular tunes

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