troubadour
one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love.: Compare trouvère.
any wandering singer or minstrel.
Origin of troubadour
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How to use troubadour in a sentence
Champagne is uncorked, cigars are lit and the troubadours spill out of the house.
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This new musical reaffirms their status as troubadours of the pandemic, a distinction underlined last fall, when their “Keep Going Song” went viral on YouTube.
Give this folk rock duo 27 minutes. They’ll give you a musically heartbreaking world. | Peter Marks | March 18, 2021 | Washington PostHe is also the author of Mellencamp: American troubadour (forthcoming, University Press of Kentucky).
Llewyn Davis is a troubadour and vagabond, one who happens to be in grief.
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The band is now touring Britain, after playing at the troubadour in London and releasing their second CD.
‘Downton Abbey’ Star Elizabeth McGovern on Season 3, ‘Cheerful Weather for the Wedding,’ and More | Lorenza Muñoz | December 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut he had neither the gentle troubadour's art, as the knights of Provence, nor the deeper lore of the Spaniard.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisThis ragged, beard-begrown troubadour, the graceful, elegant Caillette of Francis' court?
Under the Rose | Frederic Stewart IshamManrico a very robust type of troubadour—but oughtn't a troubadour to carry about a guitar, or a lute, or something?
It is fortunate for you, sir, that the Duchess Joan wears her hair short, like a Northman or a bantling troubadour.
Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) CrockettBut he sees this troubadour has put his poor old nose out of joint for him.
British Dictionary definitions for troubadour
/ (ˈtruːbəˌdʊə) /
any of a class of lyric poets who flourished principally in Provence and N Italy from the 11th to the 13th centuries, writing chiefly on courtly love in complex metric form
a singer
Origin of troubadour
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