trüˈva(a)(ə)r noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Old French troverre, troveor, from trover, trouver to compose, find, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin tropare — more at troubadour
: one of a school of poets flourishing in northern France from the 11th to the 14th centuries and producing works that are typically the chansons de geste and are of a prevailingly narrative character — compare troubadour