Definition of "troubadour" [trou•ba•dour]

• One of a class of 12th-century and 13th-century lyric poets in Southern France, northern Italy, and northern Spain, who composed songs in langue d'oc often about courtly love. (noun)
• A strolling minstrel. (noun)

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• "Maybe it's because he's a fresh-faced Midwesterner, but you never hear the word troubadour associated with Josh Rouse despite rambling ways that have taken him around the world"
• "The word troubadour could have been invented for Matt Epp. Since emerging out of Winnipeg,"
• "The troubadour was a very different person, generally a noble who wrote poems, set them to music, and employed _jongleurs_ to sing and play them."