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trouveur

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A minstrel, a troubadour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Examples

  • 1796, Robert Southey, Joan of Arc, Book IV, 1829, The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, page 16, Meantime the Trouveur struck the harp; he sang Of Lancelot du Lake, the truest Knight That ever loved fair Lady;

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History

Etymology

From French trouveur. Piecewise doublet of troubadour.