trouveur
trouveur noun: a minstrel, a troubadour.
Noun
trouveur (plural trouveurs)
- A minstrel, a troubadour.
- Meantime the Trouveur struck the harp; he sang
Of Lancelot du Lake, the truest Knight
That ever loved fair Lady;1796, Robert Southey, Joan of Arc, Book IV, 1829, The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, page 16 - But, secondly, a great many of these tales were borrowed from the narratives of the trouveurs or minstrels who wandered through the north of France, relating stories or reciting poems for the amusement of their entertainers.1834, Robert Thomson, Treatise on the Progress of Literature and its Effects on Society, page 81
- Meantime the Trouveur struck the harp; he sang
Forms of trouveur
| plural | trouveurs |
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Origin of trouveur
From French trouveur. Piecewise doublet of troubadour.
Questions about trouveur
- What does trouveur mean?
- Trouveur means a minstrel, a troubadour.
- What part of speech is trouveur?
- Trouveur is a noun.
- What is the plural of trouveur?
- The plural of trouveur is trouveurs.
Words near trouveur in the dictionary
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