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• plural of troubadour.

troubadours

Cultural  

1. Traveling poet-musicians who flourished in southern Europe during the twelfth century. They wrote songs about chivalry and love.

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Example Sentences

Taylor says he is among the last of a generation of troubadours who experienced and wrote about the "romance of the road" from the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

It helped establish a popular theme among modern-day troubadours with its tale of a lonely and destitute wanderer far from home “with a dollar in my hand, and an aching in my heart.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2023

“Here’s the thing — we’re descended, singer-songwriters, from troubadours in the Middle Ages,” Mr. Crosby told the San Luis Obispo Tribune in 2017.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2023

How many times did "Gilmore Girls" have a show, a tiny village with not one but multiple troubadours and Miss Patty's prolific dance studio?

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2022

"And tomorrow?" the innkeeper asks the children, as the troubadours collect their instruments.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz