Usually means: Narrative poem, often set to music.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word ballad:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. ballad: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. ballad: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ballad: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ballad: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ballad: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ballad, ballad: Wordnik
  7. ballad: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ballad: Wiktionary
  9. ballad: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. ballad: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. ballad: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. ballad: Dictionary.com
  13. ballad: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. ballad: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Ballad (Glee), Ballad (Namonaki Koi no Uta), Ballad (disambiguation), Ballad (music), Ballad: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Ballad: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. ballad: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. ballad: Rhymezone
  19. ballad: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. ballad: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. ballad: Free Dictionary
  22. ballad: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. ballad: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. ballad: Merriam-Webster.com

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SimplyTheBest Music Glossary (No longer online)
  3. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)
  4. BALLAD: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The ballad, ballad: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BALLAD: Acronym Finder

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. ballad: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. ballad: The Folk File
  3. ballad: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See balladic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
noun:  A slow romantic song.
verb:  (obsolete) To make mention of in ballads.
verb:  (intransitive) To compose or sing ballads.

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