Trouveur
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A minstrel, a troubadour. dated
"1796, Robert Southey, Joan of Arc, Book IV, 1829, The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, page 16, Meantime the Trouveur struck the harp; he sang Of Lancelot du Lake, the truest Knight That ever loved fair Lady;"
Example
More examples"1796, Robert Southey, Joan of Arc, Book IV, 1829, The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, page 16, Meantime the Trouveur struck the harp; he sang Of Lancelot du Lake, the truest Knight That ever loved fair Lady;"
Etymology
From French trouveur. Piecewise doublet of troubadour.
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