/trooh"beuh dawr', -dohr', -door'/ , n.
1. one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love. Cf. trouvère .
2. any wandering singer or minstrel.
[ 1720-30; trobador, equiv. to trob ( ar ) to find, compose (see TROVER) + -ador -ator -ATOR ]