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Definition of: trouvere
(tr
·vâr′) noun
One of a class of poets flourishing in northern France from the 11th to the 14th centuries, distinguished from the troubadours of southern France by the prevailingly narrative and epic character of their works, which include chansons de geste, fabliaux, romances, and chronicles. Also trou·veur (tr·vûr′). [<F <OF trovere <trover find, compose; ult. origin uncertain]
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