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troubadour
[ troo-buh-dawr, -dohr, -door ]
/ Ëtru bÉËdÉr, -ËdoÊr, -ËdÊÉr /
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noun
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 trouvĂšre.
any wandering singer or minstrel.
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British Dictionary definitions for troubadour
troubadour
/ (ËtruËbÉËdÊÉ) /
noun
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
Word Origin for troubadour
C18: from French, from Old Provençal trobador, from trobar to write verses, perhaps ultimately from Latin tropus trope
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