Word of the Day:
troubadour
What It Means
An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel.
Troubadour in Context
““"Not a human, not yet a vampire," to paraphrase one of your contemporary musical troubadours.””
Did You Know?
From Old Occitan trobar (“to find”) via Old French troubadour. Piecewise doublet of trouveur.
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