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Meanings of troubadour in English

Russian
трубадур
Portuguese
trovadores
Spanish
trova medieval
Catalan
trobadors
Wikidata

Composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages.

Related terms
трубадур
Portuguese
jogral
Catalan
joglar
Spanish
juglar

A singer of folk songs.

jogral
Usage of troubadour in English
1
This week, a troubadour, in the true modern sense of the word.
Radio NZ
2
There united in him the spirits of the troubadour and the spearman.
Marse Henry (Volume 1) / An Autobiography
3
Now, at 71, the venerable troubadour is indeed gazing into the past.
Independent.ie
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But the Corkman has found his niche in the gravel-voiced troubadour market.
The Irish Times
5
Adieu again; think of your old troubadour who thinks unceasingly of you.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
6
And the wind has been whispering like a troubadour to the tree-tops.
The Lighted Match
7
There is always a woman under the skin of the old troubadour.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
8
Your old troubadour is being jumped on in an unheard of manner.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
9
And so there was the other troubadour, the Châtelain Regnault de Coucy.
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2
10
Some one asked the troubadour why he did not write it out.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
11
This organ was ripped from the corpulent breast of a jolly-faced troubadour.
Jitterbug Perfume
12
If we'd wanted one of those, couldn't we have hired a troubadour?
Vlad. The Last Confession
13
Another troubadour, William de Cabestaing, sang the praises of Berengaria des Baux.
In Troubadour-Land: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
14
Your old troubadour has waited for you for such a long time!
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
15
The troubadour warrior would never want her to see his naked sentiments.
The Winds of Dune
16
The troubadour, minstrel and jongleur or joglar, were not the same in dignity.
Masters of the Guild