The act of singing, composing, or performing ballads, or a person engaged in ballad singing.
From 'ballad' plus the suffix '-ling' (one who engages in an activity), creating a noun for someone devoted to ballads.
This delightfully archaic word reminds us that ballad-singing was once a respected profession—traveling musicians would perform stories for common people centuries before recorded music existed.
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