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murder ballad

murder ballad noun: a subgenre of the traditional ballad form dealing with a crime or a gruesome death.

Noun

murder ballad (plural murder ballads)

  1. A subgenre of the traditional ballad form dealing with a crime or a gruesome death.

Forms of murder ballad

pluralmurder ballads

Questions about murder ballad

What does murder ballad mean?
Murder ballad means a subgenre of the traditional ballad form dealing with a crime or a gruesome death.
What part of speech is murder ballad?
Murder ballad is a noun.
What is the plural of murder ballad?
The plural of murder ballad is murder ballads.

Words near murder ballad in the dictionary

  1. murdelizes
  2. murdelizing
  3. Murden
  4. Murdens
  5. murder
  6. murder ballad
  7. murder ballads
  8. murder board
  9. murder boards
  10. murder book
  11. murder books

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