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troubadours

troubadours is the plural of troubadour.

Meaning of troubadour

Noun

troubadour (plural troubadours)

  1. An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel.
    • Sitting in the courtroom ..., their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times – the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.2014 April 24, Alan Cowell, “At Pistorius trial, Twitterati have their day in court”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2023

Questions about troubadours

What is troubadours the plural of?
Troubadours is the plural of troubadour.

Words near troubadours in the dictionary

  1. troubadour
  2. troubadour fiddle
  3. troubadour fiddles
  4. troubadourish
  5. troubadourism
  6. troubadours
  7. trouble
  8. trouble and strife
  9. trouble at mill
  10. trouble at t'mill
  11. trouble at the mill

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