Pronunciation: trü- ' ver
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Old French troveor, troverre, from trover to compose, find, from Vulgar Latin *tropare ― more at TROUBADOUR
Date: 1795
: one of a school of poets who flourished from the 11th to the 14th centuries and who composed mostly narrative works (as chansons de geste and fabliaux) ― compare TROUBADOUR