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Definition of Jongleur
1. Noun. A singer of folk songs.
Generic synonyms: Singer, Vocaliser, Vocalist, Vocalizer
Specialized synonyms: Guthrie, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter Seeger, Seeger
Derivative terms: Minstrel
Definition of Jongleur
1. n. In the Middle Ages, a court attendant or other person who, for hire, recited or sang verses, usually of his own composition. See Troubadour.
Definition of Jongleur
1. Noun. An itinerant entertainer in medieval England and France; roles included song, music, acrobatics etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jongleur
1. a minstrel [n -S] - See also: minstrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jongleur
Literary usage of Jongleur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of the Operas with Illustrations by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1921)
"TH E OPE RA IE jongleur DE NOTRE .L^DAME, miracle play in three acts, text by
Maurice Lena, from a mediaeval miracle play, Etui de Nacre, by Anatol France. ..."
2. Literary History of the Troubadours: Containing Their Lives, Extracts from by Susannah Dawson Dobson, Dobson (Susannah) (1807)
"The jongleur, charmed with the scene, and enlivened by the encouraging frankness
of his host, became collected and at ease, as befits a man of understanding ..."
3. The Standard Operas, Their Plots and Their Music by George Putnam Upton (1914)
"Le jongleur de Notre Dame " Le jongleur de Notre Dame " (" Our Lady's Juggler "),
entitled a miracle play, was first produced at Monte Carlo in ili«5 in ..."
4. The Wayfarers by Josephine Preston Peabody (1898)
"Warm yourself with the days that were ; Follow the Summer, beg of her, But never
sadden us, jongleur, jongleur, go down the dark! ..."
5. The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders by Walter Scott (1878)
"... she laughed in bitter anger. " Now this passes imagination !" she said ; " no
jongleur can show so deft a transmutation I His legerdemain can transform ..."
6. A Guide to Modern Opera: Description & Interpretation of the Words & Music by Esther Singleton (1909)
"... 1902 " I have read that adorable score of the jongleur de Notre Dame and I
find it charming. I have seen and heard it, and I find it exquisite. ..."
7. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"rather they worship but one Divinity, which discovers itself in a certain animal,
such as it shall please their jongleur, or priest, to pitch upon ; so that ..."
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