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Definition of: troubadour
(tr
′bə·dôr, -dōr, -d
r) noun
One of a class of lyric poets, sometimes including wandering minstrels and jongleurs, originating in Provence in the 11th century and flourishing in southern France, northern Italy, and eastern Spain during the 12th and 13th centuries. Compare TROUVÈRE. See synonyms under POET. [<MF <Provencal trobador <trobar compose, invent, find; ult. origin uncertain]
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