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Definition of Troubadour
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 Troubadour
1. n. One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh to the thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the south of France, and also in the north of Italy. They invented, and especially cultivated, a kind of lyrical poetry characterized by intricacy of meter and rhyme, and usually of a romantic, amatory strain.
Definition of Troubadour
1. Noun. An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Troubadour
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Medical Definition of Troubadour
1. One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh to the thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the south of France, and also in the north of Italy. They invented, and especially cultivated, a kind of lyrical poetry characterised by intricacy of meter and rhyme, and usually of a romantic, amatory strain. Origin: F. Troubadour, fr. Pr. Trobador, (assumed) LL. Tropator a singer, tropare to sing, fr. Tropus a kind of singing, a melody, song, L. Tropus a trope, a song, Gr. A turn, way, manner, particular mode in music, a trope. See Trope, and cf. Trouvre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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