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jongleur

/ˈd͡ʒɑŋ.ɡlɚ/ US
/ʒɔ̃ˈɡlɝ/ US

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Borrowed from French jongleur. Doublet of juggler.

noun jongleurs · jongler

An itinerant entertainer in medieval England and France; roles included song, music, acrobatics etc.; a troubadour. vivacity and picturesqueness of the jongleur's verse
A juggler; a conjurer.
A mountebank.

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@misc{jongleur_2026,
  title = {jongleur},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jongleur},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}