troubadour

C2 Topic:Art & Music
US /ˈtrubəˌdɔr/ UK /ˈtruːbəˌdɔː/
noun Freq #36969

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a medieval lyric poet and musician, especially one composing in Occitan and singing of courtly love

    A troubadour sang of courtly love before the assembled court.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a medieval lyric poet and... minstrel
Word family
Forms troubadours

Etymology

From Old Occitan trobar (“to find”) via Old French troubadour. Piecewise doublet of trouveur.

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