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trouvère

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Borrowed from French trouvère.

noun trouvères

  1. A medieval lyric poet using the Northern langue d’oïl (precursor dialects of modern French), as opposed to their older, southern example, the original troubadours, who used langue d’oc (Occitan) The activities of Jewish singers immediately before the expulsion from Spain testifies that they were outsiders in every respect, regarded neither as Jews nor Christians. They also appeared in the company of troubadours and trouvers, and like Suesskind of Trimberg (c.1220); these Jewish singers mast

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noun a lyric poet using the Northern langue d'oïl

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"trouvère." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/trouv%C3%A8re. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{trouve_re_2026,
  title = {trouvère},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trouv%C3%A8re},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}