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noun
An itinerant entertainer in medieval England and France; roles included song, music, acrobatics etc.; a troubadour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A juggler; a conjurer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A mountebank.
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noun
a singer of folk songs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: folk singer, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour
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Broader terms: singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser
Narrower terms: Guthrie, Woody Guthrie, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, Seeger, Pete Seeger, Peter Seeger
History
Borrowed from French jongleur. Doublet of juggler.
