troubadour
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troubadour
- /ˈtruːbəˌdɔː/ UK
- /ˈtrubəˌdɔr/ US
Where it comes from
From Old Occitan trobar (“to find”) via Old French troubadour. Piecewise doublet of trouveur.
noun troubadours
- 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.
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noun an itinerant performer of songs
| Español | trovador, trovadora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 음유시인 eumyusiin, 트루바두르 teurubadureu |
| 日本語 | 吟遊詩人 gin'yū shijin, トルバドゥール torubadūru |
| 中文 | 吟遊詩人 /吟游诗人 yínyóu shīrén |
| Português | trovador |
| Français | troubadour, trouvère, trobairitz, troubadouresse |
| Deutsch | Troubadour, Trobador, Troubairitz, Trobairitz, Troubadourin |
| Italiano | trovatore, trobadore, trovatrice, trobairitz |
| Ελληνικά | τροβαδούρος trovadoúros |
| Română | trubadur |
| Русский | трубаду́р trubadúr |
| العربية | تْرُوبَادُور trūbādūr |
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