trou ‧ ba ‧ dour /ˈtruːbədɔː, -dʊə $ -dɔːr, -dʊr/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: French ; Origin: Old Provençal trobador , from trobar 'to make music' , probably from Latin tropus ; ⇨ ↑ trope ]
a type of singer and poet who travelled around the ↑ palace s and castles of Southern Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries