TROUBADOUR


Meaning of TROUBADOUR in English

/ ˈtruːbədɔː(r); NAmE / noun

( literary ) a writer and performer of songs or poetry (after the French travelling performers of the 11th-13th centuries)

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WORD ORIGIN

French , from Provençal trobador , from trobar find, invent, compose in verse.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.